Weekly Artisan; 1910-07-16

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY (iHAND HAPIOS. MICH •• .JUI~Y 16, 1910 CONTROLLING INTEREST The Exclusive Agency for Karpen Guaranteed Upholstered Furniture. Means Controlling the Sale of Upholstered Furniture in Your City and Vicinity. It is the only line of upholst('red furniture people ask for, th('y recognize the Karpen Trade Mark as a dependable guaranty. The successful furniture man cat('rs to public taste; the demand is for Karpen Fluniture; th('n why not take advantage of "The Easiest Way" to me('t this d('mand? Wl"it(' today for control of the line in your city···the greate!ottbU!otin('ssbuilding influence possible to obtain. See Our Exhibits in the Karpen Buildings. All Dt'alers Cordially Invited. S. KARPEN & BROS. CHICAGO. 187.1SS Michigan Avenue. BOSTON. 22 Sudbury Street. NEW YORK. 155·157 W. 34th Street. I I I 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ",• LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY II I II I• II I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. .. . Luce..Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites If1 Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd' J Eye Mapl, BIrch !Zullrterd Oak and CtrcaJJ1an Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MIC"IGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. _ l GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 30th Year-No. 55 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JULY 16. 1910 lssued Weekly THE ADVANTAGES OF CO-OPERATION Freight and Car-LoadingDepartment of the Grand Rapids Furniture Association Saves Money for the Dealers Who Buy Here. The Grand Rapids furnIture manufacturers have an ad-vantage thIs season that they have never enjoyed before. In addItion to the quality, style and general superiority of their goods they have excellent shipping accommodations. Hereto-fore buyers placing less than car load orders with Grand Rapids factories have been oblIged to pay $15 to $25 a car to have the goods assembled and loaded to give them the carload freight rate. Now the freight and car loading depart-ment of the Grand Rapids Furniture assocIation gives the customers of its members this important service without charge. This department of the Furniture association has 27 members, and goods purchased from any of them will be drayed, assembled and loaded, and all the expense incident thereto is divided pro rata among the members instead of being shifted to the customer. The department is so broad giauge in its methods that the customers of non-member manufacturers can receIve the service at a cost less than was formerly charged when the car loading was done by individu-als. The charges are 10 cents per hundred pounds for dray-age, when any is to be done, and an additional 10 cents for assembling and loading. Outside manufacturers often make use of this service in shipping to western and coast points. It is not unusual, for instance, for the Jamestown or the Rochester and manufac-turers at other points to ship less than carload orders to this city to be put into the through cars with Grand Rapids goods for the coast. The old car-loading service under private management used to be almost exclusively for the coast. but under the auspices of the Furniture association the services is east. south, southwest and west alike-in fact, to any point that buys Grand Rapids furniture. The association has a large central freight warehouse where the shipments are assembled, also smaller warehouses conveniently located. in different parts of the city, and the shipping warehouse of one of the members may be made an assembling station. The loading of the cars is done by ex-perts and when goods delivered for shipment are improperly crated or packed, the experts see to it that the trouble is remedied before the goods are put in the cars. This greatly reduces the hazard of breakage and damage. The association does not let its responsibility end with the loading of the cars. If this city's customers are over charged or if cars are delayed in transit or if there are claims for damages to collect, the freight department will at-tend to It WIthout charge to the customers. This service gl1ven by the department means the savmg of thousands of dollars annually to those who buy fu'll.ture here. The members of the freIght department and whose customers re-celve this free service are: Berkey & Gay FurnIture company, Nelson-Matter Furni-ture company, Grand RapIds Chair company, Imperial Furni-ture company, Onel Cabmet company. Lu:e Furniture com-pany, the Macey company, StIckley Bros. company, Michi-gan Chair company, Grand RapIds FurnIture company, Grand Rapids Upholstery company, Johnson FurnIture company, SterlIng Desk company, Gunn Furniture company, William A. Berkey Furniture company, Grand RapIds Fancy Furni-ture company, Stow & Davis Furniture company. C. S. Paine company. Wilmarth Show Case company, Century Furniture company, Grand Rapids Wood Carving company, John D Raab Chair company, Royal FurnIture company, Mueller & Slack company, Phoenix Furniture comp,my, John vViddi-comb company. Retting Furniture company. In July 1895 the Daily Artisan published an interview with a manufacturer in which he condemned the u',e of veneers in the manufacture of furniture. He pointed out the troubles and in-eVItable losses 111curredin the use of this material and declared that a fair grade of veneer could not be purchased and laid for le:>sthan thIrty cents per foot. In the year mentioned all but a (op1paratively small number of manufacturers used solid wood. Th~se who had tried to use veneer found it impossible to prevent the glue from workmg through the wood and forming in hard lumps on the surface or when covered with shellac it would crack and lose its beauty. Crotch veneer was considered worth-less by many of those who had not acquired the skill necessary to make it stay when laid. All these difficulties have been over-come and the furniture factory without veneering equipment is an exception. Since the interview referred to was published the consumption of veneer has more than trebled and with the con-stantly advancing cost of solid lumber suitable for use in the furniture trade, the demand for veneers WIllbe augmented. Dealers in factory supplies who keep their tabs on the rec-ords of sales posted up to the minute are quite confident of an active business for the makers of furniture during the remainder of the year. 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN Not an Unusual CondItion. A gentleman who had been actl\ c1) engaged m blhme'." c!led after spendlllg hIs hfe well A wife and son succeeded to the blh-mess and the son, who had been assouated \\ ah the father Chll111~ a part of his hfe, was charged wlth the management ~mon2; the duties Imposed upon the young man \\ as to keep m hI" .,el \ ILe fl\ e old salesmen to whom the father had gIven employment dUllng hh life time. The old men belonged eIther to the "ha" been 01 ne\ er was" class and when the young man read the llljt1l1ctlOn laId on him by the father III regard to these men, he remarked "I \\ ould gIve each man $500 If they would hand III thell re"lgnal101b They have alway'S treated me as If I were a boy of ten) edr" Made by Luce Furmture Co , Grand RapIds, MlCh and as for my gettll1g any work out of them-say, It I~ a Joke' In the routllle of trade the young man proposed to VIOlate one of the established rules of hIS father by tak111g hberdl .,pace' m the newspapers to advertise the goods for sale The old sale,,- men and the sleepy bookkeeper remonstrated aga111st such a use-less (?) expendltl11 e and remlllded the manager that the father had never been g1111ty of such foohshne~s. The store, how-ever, contall1ed many goods that should have been cleared long before, and the young merchant called to hIS assIstance two ad-vertisll1g experts, and space III whIch to announce a speCIal sale was contracted for m the newspaper" The advertIsers called for a complete llwentOly of the dead stock and when thIS had been prepared the manager was requested to \\ nte the pnces for whICh he would sell the stuff aftel each Item Full page advertisements wel e prepared and the manager agreed to back up the advel tlsements wIth displays of a part of the goods of-fered III the show w111dows. On a date selected for the pur-pose the advertisements were pubhshed and before 9 o'clock on the same mormng the stOI e began to fill wIth customers fhe old salesmen were not pleased WIth the ever lllcreaslllg arnval of buyers; the hours of the mormng usually devoted to gOSSIp, smoking and to rubblllg theIr unshaven faces were broken and .. . ..II II ,I I IIII II II I I i II II II I III III I It II Table with top removed so as to show the Tyden Duo-Style Lock. "The Tyden Lock Makes Business." Every dd.y the Importance of having , The Tyden Duo-Style Table Lock IIIII II II II III ~~---- on pede~tal dining tables is more apparent to to the furniture dealer. Many a sale has gone to some one else simply because the buyer demanded this lock. Don't forget this-the Tyden Lock makes business. It IS on 85 per cent of all divided pedestal tables made. Ask your manufacturer for It. For further tnformatlon addrfJs Duo-Style Advertising Bureau 661 Monadnock Building ChIcago, Illinois the\ re"ented the 111novatlon that compelled them to work when the) were not ,,0 mchned The advertisers called at the store dunng the day and noticed that the show wllldows had not been dressed \Vhen they confronted the manager he smIlingly pomted to a large stack of tickets, mdicatlllg the sales that had been made and stated that the men employed had been too busy tn !o, 1\ e the \\ mdov"" the time that would be necessary to decor-ate them He \\ ould have the goods selected for the purpose chsplayed m the wmdows later in the day. The second publlcatlOn of the advertisement served to in-crease the attendance of buyers and the resentment of the sales-men, who complamed of the work they were compelled to do. The wmdows were neglected and then the advertisers decided that m order that the merchant tmght derive the full benefit of the campaIgn they had planned, It would be necessary to dress the wmdow s themselves. ThIS work they performed WIth the aId of the manager and two days later the sale closed with the dead ~tock disposed of The manager was made to realize the value of advertising and if he 'Shall realize the hope that his old salesmen may resIgn or dIe durmg the current year, he will have an up-to-date busmess in an up-to-date store. Smith Machines in Demand. \iV "\ WhIting, western manager of the H. B. Smith Ma-chme compan}, whose ChIcago branch is at 558-560 Washing-t, l11 boule\ al d, has added another salesman to the force-A. V\ Raettlg, who has sold wood-working machinery for a num ber of years for the Amencan W ood- Working Machinery c ompan} Thel e has been a great 1l1crease in the H. B. Smith company's westel n business since Mr vVhit1l1g became man-ager Dunng the month of June they sold six of their sanders. They report a larger trade the first six months of this year than has ever been done by their western branch. WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 Chicago Notes and Personals. Chicago, July 15-Henry Enders of the Enders Furniture Co., Shreveport, La , arnved m Chicago Wednesday and will visit the Grand Rapids market next week "Busmess conditIons the past eIghteen months have been very unfavorable on account of the faiL ure of crops We have been havmg too much ram thus far thIs ~ummer but smce last Fnday It has been dry and If that kmd of weather keeps up now we will have a large cotton crop WhICh has been the pnnCIpal product raIsed m our section for years During the past few years however, there has been more diversity and corn, alfalfa and frUIt, pnnclpally peaches, have been raIsed. It IS expected that about 1200 cars of peaches will be shIpped from our dIstrict this season. Nothing but the oil and gas fields in our vicmity have saved our merchants from going on the rocks. The oil fields are largely owned by the Standard OIl company, which has recently built a pIpe Ime from Shreveport to Baton Rouge, and at the latter CIty has put up a refinery. About ten million dollars have been spent in the oil and gas fields the past three years. "Recently a chamber of commerce has been organized in Shreveport, all the merchants bemg members i\ fund of $21,- Made by Luce Furmture Co Grand RapIds MlCh 000 was raised among the members to pay for aclvertbmg and othcr expenses. V\T e elected E. K SmIth, who IS vice preSIdent of the CommercIal NatIOnal bank, as prcsldent He IS one of the most enthusIastIc and up-to-date men in Shreveport. 'vVe shall, if It becomes necessary, prOVIde bonuscs for the estab lishment of manufactunng mdustnes and if our organIZatIOn continues actIve and Wide awake Shreveport, WIth Its present populatIOn of 30,000, should have a population of 60,000 or 70,- 000. Shreveport i<;the best paved city of its SIze m the United States and a contract has just been let for paving amounting to $600,000." R. W. Rundstron of th@. Coffin-Rundstron FurnIture com-pany, North Yakima, Wash, was one of the buyers In the Chi-cago market the lattcr half of this week Mr Rundstron comes from the famous YakIma Valley and when asked as to the pre-vailing conditions in his section, replied: "The general condi-tions in the Yakima Valley have been, and are now, very pros-perous, and in our Immediate locality we are going to have one of the biggest falls we ever had. The Yakima valley is one of the big fruit countries and then there is so much new terri-tory being developed in that chstrict, all new fruit ground. Ev-erything there is irrigation. The government is opening up the THE NEWT..aZ..U"Sndtt·t,:PBA£RDLO.R. fr::theO~~li. moved ~ 1 Always ready WIth ' ~ beddmg m place. { So sImple, so easy, a I child can operate It. Ha. roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, ERIE & SEDGWICK NEW YORK, NORMA.N & MONITOR. Tieton canal, which means that thousands of acres will be placed under cultivation for frUIt-peaches, pears, apples and small fruits. Weare prepanng to put up a brand new building that WIll be at least three stones hIgh, all of which we will occupy ourselves The building WIll be of brick. Weare doing a house furnishmg business. There are two other good furniture houses in North Yakima. The competition is clean. We have very httle conflIct with mail order houses. North Yakima has a population of from sixteen to eighteen thousand and is grow- Ing rapidly." The Ways of the Buyers. It I~ a great study to watch the buyers going through a dis-play, and lIsten to the remal ks of the salesmen as well as those of the man who IS doing the ordenng No two men proceed exactly on the same hnes. There are a<;many different ways of buying as there are buyers Some are slow and some are fast, others just moderate and so it goe<; One of the fastest buyers who ever visit-ed the Grand Rapids market was R J Horner of R. J Horner & Co of;..J ew York He was a large buyer and had as many pe-::ulIanties as any man could pos';Ibly have 1[t took a short hand writer to take down an order and he would catch every mistake He would rush through a lIne and say "SIX num-ber 42, twelve 23," and so on with lIghtnIng rapidIty He never wanted a salesman to say a word to him All the salesman was expected to do was to answer his questions and 111 the fewest pOSSIble words at that For years Mr Horner wa, a large customer of the late John Widdicomb and Mr \Vlddlcomb med to wait on him himself dunng his Visits to the market Mr Wlddicomh was a very swiJt man himself 1\ It1, the pen or pencil and the two got on famously, unless \fr Widdicomb ventured a remark about a piece of goods on which Mr Horner had not asked an opinion "I didn't ask vou about that," would snap Mr Horner and the deal would go on uninterrupted except for the calling of the numbers and the quantity he wanted. until a question would be asked Other buyers are just a,; slow as Mr Horner was fast One of the star salesmen for a big Grand Rapids house was bemoaning the fact that he had a date With a hrge buyer one morning at 9 o'clock "It means that he will keep me all dav" said t'he man, "when I could wait on a dozen He is so Uresome. I am about dead when I get through with him" Then there is the man who wants to compare the price (1f (very piece WIth somebody else's pnces and examine every j'1mt and every miter in the piece It get,; very tiresome for the seller and it is douhtfullf much good IS accomplished A medmm fast man would seem to be about the best kind of a buyer. The people of Amcrica are fond of variety They admire whatever is new and original No traditions bmd them. Our manufacturers are skilled in the art of composing all styles of past ages, producing furniture that enables the home owner to create an enchanting abode of perfect harmony. This is the most sensible thing to do For we find that the style of one country is best suited to a room for a certain purpo<;e, while the style of another country is be<;t adapted to the requirements of another room. 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. marks every table in the Stow & Davis lIne. Masterly designs, sturdy oak. and neh. glowing mahogany are fashioned by our skIllfulworkmen into Our Bank and Office tables dIsplay the same care and merit in their building-the care that appeals to paying customers, whether they be home-keepers or busIness men. r II I 463% See oar IlDe. Table. and Banquet Tops. 4th floor. Blodl!ett Bldl!. There is Money in Funerals. During the first year and a half I was in business in this town I lived wholly off charity funds acquired in an indirect way," said the undertaker "It happend this way I set up business in a little shop over on Third avenue Someho\', things did not come my way The death list was all right: the friends of the deceased just refused to take me into consideration. "One Saturday morning my spirits sank to the very lowest notch, and I made up my mind that I would bury somebody in the course of the coming week if I had to steal my subject. While in this trame of mind I met the man who lived on the floor above my shop. "'Hello,' he said, 'have yoU been up to see the lodger in the third story rear yet? If you haven't. you better hurry You won't have a chance much longer' " 'Why not?' said 1. 'What's the matter with him?' "'Dying,' said my neighbor and passed on "Now, I am not a cold-blooded man by nature, but ad-versity had hardened me a little, and when I heard that report I made a bee line up the stairs for the third-story rear room. The sick man was alone. He was very low, but even that critical condition did not inspire me with much hope, for one look about the room assured me that even if I did get a chance to officiate at the funeral I would probably have to do it at my own expense SIck as the old fellow \\ as he noticed my furtive glances and smiled grimly. "'Yes,' he said; 'I'm poor, poor as Job's turkey You've come to a bad place to get business. If I had any money to pay funeral expenses I'd give you the job I'd rather you'd have it than anybody else, considel Ill!; \\ e're neIghbors an i you are in hard luck yourself.' "Under that rebuke I felt heartily ashamed of myself and took refuge in some weak platitudes about a friendly visit. But the old man cut that drivel short. f< 'Don't waste your breath in that kind of talk,' he said. 'I know what you're here for, but I'm penniless I'll have to be buried in a pauper's grave I had my rent paid up to the first of next month and enough oatmeal and c;tuff laId m to last a week or so, or I'd have been taken to the poorhouse before this The district doctor tends me and does every-thing that needs to be done He says that it will all be over in a day or two, and then the city will take charge of me. It's tough I hate it I hate even to think of it. I have a horror of the Potter's field I sometimes lie here and cry at the shame of it all. I can't think I was meant for that. But there's nothing else in sight I've outlived my time, and when folks get as old as I am and have seen all their friends pass away there's nothing left but a city grave.' Perfection of Detail Stow & Davis Diners Stow & Davis Furniture Co., Grand Rapid •• Mich I ......I "There was something very touching at the old man's lament, and I \\ ant it understood that my next suggestion \\ ac; made In 111'- 1l1tere<.,t, not mv own " 'But \\ hy do you give up so readily to occupy a pauper's gra\ e?' I asked 'Surely there are rich people in this town \\ ho \\ auld wIllingly spare the money to save a worthy old man from such degradation' "The old man's face lighted with sudden hope. 'Mebbe so,' saId he, 'but how're you gomg to find them?' "'Advertise,' saId 1. "'It wouldn't do any good,' said he, 'and anyhow I haven't got the money' " 'If you say so,' saId I, 'I will take the responsibility and pay for the advertisement. If nothing comes of it, the loss will be mine.' "The old man consented to this arrangement, and I \\ ent a\\ a} to wnte up the advertisement I don't remem-ber how I worded it, but I do know I made out a most pa-thetic appeal, and had it placed in a conspicuous position in a Sunday paper On Sunday afternoon my friend received a response to the notice Another old man who had been in poverty's grasp for years, but had finally come into the pos-session of some money, offered to succor my friend and save him from the fate which he had dreaded so long for himself. The old chap died the followmg day, and I, of course, took charge of the funeral His benefactor was liberality itself, and I gave the indigent old gentleman a burial that would have done his heart good. I don't know what my own profit was, but I know it covered the cost of the advertisement a good many times over. "That one incident opened up a new field, which I culti- Yated for more than a year. I cannot say that I really hunted up penniless old folk stricken with mortal illness, but some-how I seemed to find them witlhout trouble I advertised for burial money for all those people, and, whatt is more, I got it. After a year spent in this kind of philanthropic work. orders began to come in to me through natural channels, and r finally abandoned my charity enterprise. But I doubt not that people are as warm hearted now as they were then, and if I c;hould lose my trade tomorrow I feel sure I could still secure plenty of business through my former method."-N. Y. Times. On petition of the administrator of the estate of George N. Seidler, deceased, Franklin G. Whitmore of Hartford, Conn., has been appointed as receiver to adjust the affairs of the partnership existing between the deceased and Charles May. The receiver has been authorized to sell the furniture stock and business of Seidler & May of Hartford, Conn. I ~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 ,<r- ••••••• Modern Parlor Furniture Co. Creators of Styles and Quality in Three Piece Suites, Odd Rockers, and The Modern Bed Davenport Full Line shown in CHICAGO only, 13 19 Michigan Avenue, Fifth Factory 664-66-68 Division St. near Halsted St. Store-keeper and Merchant. Trade in every line has come to regard as actual the difference that exi"ts between a store-keeper and a merchant And it's not a question of the size of the establishment either But the store-keeper has had hIS day He only dabbed a httle in trade anyway and modern methods have about shut hIm out. It is the store-keeper who gets together a little col-lection of mixed merchandise, arranges it in a decidedly mixed manner and waits for customers to hunt him up When one does wander in, and makes inquiry for an article, he pokes about in odd corners for a season and then comes forward and announces that he is Just out of that particular thing, but he has something just as good He has no standards, no aims. He does not keep posted on any of the hnes he handles. Never stocks up on an article until he has had at least two calls for it and perhaps lost two sales Never reads the advertIsing of any of his manufacturers, doesn't know the first talking point about any of the goods he canies, but lets them sell themselves or stay on hIS floors and gather dust and cobwebs About the only thmg he has in plenty IS envy and grouch against hIS more successful competitors and trade and the world m general The merchant, on the o~her hand, IS first of all a busmess man He goes into business after making careful calcu-latlOns as to locatlOn, demand, the kmds, quantJty and quahty of stock He IS pretty well satJsfied that there is traje ~here for him, or he doesn't break into the store business. . Bemg satJsfied on thIS pomt, he moves mtelhgently to seetue it, and holds it. He has the thing you call for, and knows more about it than you do He knows whether It IS the best thing of Its kind or a weak Imitation. He may start small, but he IS bound to grow; and everybody associated with him Floor. I ~ is gIven a chance to grow with him He has no time for groudhes, eIther public or private, and becomes one day a man nch, not only m money, but m character and the well-wishes of his town and community. Yes, there is a tempera-mental, not to "ay VItal, dIfference between the store-keeper and the merchant. Value of Window Displays Proven in London. H. G Selfridge, who opened an American store in Lon-don two years ago and 'itartled the BritJsh people by the introduction of many innovations in merchandIsing, in an interview recently, said' "We've done a thmg we were told we couldn't do We've had 'Amencan' window dis-plays and kept them brilliantly lighted at night The other London shops don't do this; they have great iron shutters outside their window'i, and pull these down every afternoon at the close of busmess It is a survIval of the old days, when it wasn't safe to leave wmdows unprotected Everybody does it and we were told we'd have to do it too, that our bemg diffel ent would go against the grain WIth Londoners. Just the opposite has, however, been the result of our being different. The sidewalks in front of ()ur windows are thronged at night." Death of Charles W. Ball of Zanesville. R W. Merrdl, secretary of the Phoenix FurnIture com-pany received a telegram from Zanesville, 0, yesterday, an-nouncmg the sudden and unexpected death of Charles W Ball, and cancellmg all ordel'i for goods Mr Ball arrived m Grand Rapids on July 7 anJ spent several days in placing orders, none of which will be filled, unless renewed. MISECLLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS C. E Freeman, furniture ckalel of l helOkcc, Iel. has ~olcl out to J C. Thompson Orlando Adams has pul Chel"ed the fUlllll ul ( '-to! e c 1 John son & Brown, at \Va) ne III Akers & Wilson, fUlllltUl e clealu s at (hallljJeugn J 11 he1\e opened a branch store 111ChIcago Aaron Mack has purchasecl the fUlmture store of Barnet Kilbrick, 85 Rathbun stl eet, vVoonsocket, R I F. Joly & Co, furmture dealers of Ste ScholastlCJue. Quebec has made an assIgnment for the benefit of crec!lt01 ~ Standmg timber valued at $3 000 000 I' a" cle"11 J\ ed b) fire in the state of vVlsconsin dunng the recent drought The ShlppembUlg (Pa) Table \Ianuiactullll£; com pam has been mcorp01ated \\Ith capItal .,tock fi"ecl at ~lOOOO The Cone Undertak111g compan), recently orgalllzed, has opened new parlors at Tampa and abo at Ybor CI1\, na The name of the ;-.:e\\ Era 1m nltUl e compam dealcr~ of Chicago, has been changeel to the J\Iurph) Furniture and Carpet company. The Keller Chair company of Marion, Ind. IS maklllg ad-ditions and other improvements III ItS plant \\ l11ch \\ III double its capacity. The firm of La\\ I ence &. Thompson, turmture dealers of Dauphin, Man, has been chssolved ).Lr La\\ rence contlllues the business. William D Huber & Co turmture dealer, of Da\ ton 0, are making extensive Improvemenb 111 then store at 1-l South Spring street The Robinson & Sons compam recenth on;amzed, has taken over the retail furniture store 0\\ ned bv the e,tate of C H Rob-inson at San J o'se, Ca1. Carty, Davis & Co, furniture dealers of '\ ew \Vestmmster, B. C, have dissolved thell pal tnersh1p 1 \\ Da\ I' I~ no\\ "ole proprietor of the bus111ess C. H Meyers & Co fml1Jture ckalers of Hnuston, Tex, have the contract f01 furm"hmg- desk" tables el11dlh,llrs for the city hall at Alexandria, La The SpeCIalty Manufacim In2; lompam of \lc1roc,e, Mass, makers of chair-bed ~ and chall tahles. plopc"e, to estabhsh a branch factory at Mystic, Conn The Central Metal 1urmtUl e compam of PemberVIlle, Wood county, 0., has filed a voluntary petitIOn 111bankruptcy Liabilities, $3,402; assets, $1,306 The plant of the Amencan Reddmg company of 'Jul)ellOr, WIS, was damaged to the extent of about S"i 000 1)\ el 1 OUIth ot July fire, started by a fire crackel Robert \V 111stead, fmmtm e de del dnd unclerldku of Charles ton, S C has enlargul hI" qual tel s b, lent1112; dn adJol111111.; building and will 111crease hi" stock The Kyle 1urniture company of fempk, ] eAas, has been incorporated by G F Kyle J W Sealey, C C LeI' IS and J VI Alexander CapItal stock, $23,000 The ChIldren's Vehicle company, wlllch WIll move from Gardner to East Templeton, Mass, WIll celebrate the event by a dance and banquet in its new factory W Z J ohman & Co , furniture dealers of Jersey CIty. K J aga111st whom a petitIOn \11 hankmptcv wa, filed hl \ e settled with theIr creditors at 40 cents on the dollar The John Sherer company, furmtme dedlel" of Chicago, ha'<> been lllcorporated by Tohn G ;;'herer, \Vl1ham r \lc('o\ and FranCIS 0 Zimmerman CapItal stock, $13000 James R. Saunders of the Columbus Piano company of Yo akum, Tex, has purchdsed the interest of his partnel, Mrs L C. Doney, and is now sale proprietor of the business. J T and C L Royse, D. C Ross and Charles N uding, fur-mtUl e dealers of Elwood, Jnd , have mcorporated under the name of the Royse J Ul11ltUle company. CapItal stock, $20,000. 1he Kohen company of Roan{)ke, Va, are to close out their ,tock and go out at blbllleSc, The bllliding, a three-story struc-ture \\ Ith fitl) foot h ant, IS to be occupied by the People's Fur-mture company '\lbert Leon of Leon & Roessler, furniture dealers of Perth ~mbo" ~ J, has purchased the stock, fixtures, accounts and good WIll of the \V Z J ohuson Furniture company of Newark avenue, Jersey City. The Sha\\mut Furmture company of BostQn, Mas's., are making a bed-hammock of reinforced duck, with heavy straight-gramed hardwood frame and "everything else correspondingly strong' that they sell for $3.49. The Board of Trade of Chelsea, Mass, has recently secured three or four manufactunng concerns for their town, among them be111ga metalhc bed factory which is to be moved to Chelsea from some other New England town E P PIttman, an expenenced furniture dealer of Ocala, T la has purchased B P Peeple's furniture stock and store at '\ ashvl1le Ga He proposes to close out the old stock and then fill the store WIth furniture of higher grades. Burch111al & Co, furniture dealers of Morgantown, W. Va, have mcorporated their business under the name of the Burchinal f'urmture company Capital stock, $5,000. R G. and 1. S. Burchmal and Roy F Weaver own the stock Tohn Young has purchased a half interest in the Pulliam & Caudle furniture factory of Winston-Salem, N. c., which has been idle for some time It will resume operations soon and run under the name of Caudle & Young Prof N \V Hurst, superintendent of schools at East-man Ga, is trymf; to induce business men and capitalists of f\tlanta to take stock in a company that proposes to manu-facture school furmture in Atlanta or at Eastman. The Rees Manufacturin2; company of Paducah, Ky, manu-t lctmers of cm tain poles and homehold novelties, whose plant \\ a" burned rClentlv will not rebuild at Paducah, having decided to mO\ e to ('1m ago The company is capitalized at $50,000. Fricla\ and Saturday Tuly Rand B, the chair factories at Gaulner \fass were shut down while the employes were fight- 111g-fire that S\\ ept over 200 acres of timber land near the town. The tImber of scmb 2;rowth. was of little value The loss is es-tImated at $2 000 Clarence Wait, a ne'er-do-wen youth of Fremont, Nebr., has he en sentence,l to prison for one year for selline; his brother-in- LIW'S furniture at auction without permission or authority. The furniture had been purchased on the installment plan and only partiallY paid for The Colonial Furniture compdny of 46 Wareham street, Bos-ton, MRSS, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy under the plovi"iom of the state law The habilities are scheduled at $8,- 305; assets estimated at $6,0315 The state is ;;l. preferred credi-tor for taxe~ due on July 1 The Columhu~ (Ga') Showcase company. capitalized at ~100 000 has been th10wn into bankmptcy by creditors. New-some Coopel secretarv and treasurer of the company, has been appointed receiver The plant has been operated for several \Cars and IS claimed to be the larg-est showca~e factory in the world The qles1l1ln (,lll ,,]W\\ their mettle by \\eleoming diffi-cult unch rtabng, and ellga2;\llg \ll their conque'it with deter- 'mnatlOl1 dnd ll1thu,iasm WEEKLY ARTISAN The Duo-Style Is the Standard. One of the prominent members of the Licensed Table :Manufacturers' bureau says the success of the TyJen Duo- Style Table lock has been phenomenal "Practically the first year," he said, "has passed S111cethh lock has been adopted by sixty of the lead111g manufacturer::- of divided pedestal d111111gtables and much more has been ac-comphshed than we had hoped 111that short time The manu-facturers who are putt111g Tyden lock,., on their tables do so because they see 111stantly that this lock overcomes all the Ob)ectlOnable features that have ever been brought up aga111st pillar tables. "Most of the members of the bureau are putt111g Ty den Duo-Style locks on all of their pedestal din111g tables They are putt111g out most of the tables that divide with this lock without extra charge. The way furnitUle merchants of thl" country have taken to this deVice IS very gratlfymg to us, dnd the fact that the women who have homes and who have read our advertisements m natlOnal magazines have grasped the value of the lock is also a source of much satisfactIOn. Some locahties, of course, seemed to have taken hold of the Idea more quickly than others but this is only human nature. The result even from one year's campaign of advertis111g has been to make the pedestal table V\ Ith a Tyden Duo-Style lock the standard table of the country. "We have been surpnsed at the number of mstances that have come to our notice of good sales of dimng room SUItes that depended entirely upon the fact that the Tyden lock was on the table. We know of many cases where the woman was hesitating between several patterns at vaTlOUSstores and the thmg that deCided her was the fact that the Tyden Duo-Style lock was on the d111111gtable. Instances of this kmd have been so many that some of the largest dealels 111the country have seen that it was to their interest to supply tables fitted with Tyden locks. "The central office of the association is d0111geveryth111g it can to assist dealers in makmg sales of tables fitted with .the Tyden Duo-Style lock. Advertising cuts are supphed; inquines that are received are sent out to the dealers and the public has been advised of the advantages of the Tyden lock through continued advertising. "Duo-Style has become the standard dining table. Ad-vertising has made It so. They are even ask111gus to establlsh an agency in London, England. "It is safe to say that the d111111gtables fitted with Duo- Style locks are on sale in every town in this country at "ome furniture store, if not all, and buyers of tables are certainly patronizing stores that have tables they want. "The pedestal style of dming tables is going to be more universal and it is only rarely that you find a table that is not so constructed. There are some penod styles that demand legs at the edge but modern tables' are the convement ones with the pedestal in the center out of the way. Manufacturers are charging no more for the Duo-Style type of extension tables than the pillar kind, which accounts in a great measure for ItS popularity. "The dealers also llke it because it gives them a great advantage in making a sale when they are 111competitlOn with the old style pillar table. Everything I" g0111g along nicely with the bureau and we are more than pleased with the results so far. They have exceeded our expectatlOns The lock IS mechanically right and it is of such evident practical use that everybody wants the table fitted with it as soon as they know about it." It is easier to preach by the mile than to practice by the inch. .,.. I ---_._-------_ ...., 9 Buchanan CalJinet Co. BUCHANAN, MICH. I..._-_._~~_._.-._------- -------------------~ Desk No. 159. This is only one of a ()Unch of Desks that are MONEY MAKBRS for tlte dealers. If you have not a copy of our Catalogue, write for it and l>e convinced. ~------_._--- I ------_._~-----~~---, II I I II No Stock complete without the Ell Beds In Mantel and Upri&ht. ELI D. MILLER &. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Write for cuts and prices. ON SALE IN FURNITURE EX CHANCE, EVAN.VILLE. . .._-----.---_._---------_ .....•..•......• \--- - ----~--------- ......... a •• a.a •• ... 10 WEE K L Y ART I SAN THE GEO. B. LUPFER CO., 262-94 North Hanover St., Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Lupfer having sold his interests in the firm in which he was a full partner for sixteen years, during which time he had full charge of the manufacture of Fine Bedding, wishes to announce to the Furniture Trade that he has organized the Geo. B. Lupfer Company. Purchased an up-to-date Factory building, installed the best and most modern machinery for manufacturing a superior line of Mattresses, Box Springs, Woven and Coil Wire Springs, Feathers and Pillows. Guaranteed in quality and price. You are invited to call and examine the merits of our lInes. With our New Equipment, long experience aDd square dealiJ1g, we solicit a portion of your business, which will have our immediate and best attention. ; Samples shown only with F. T. Plimpton & Co., 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. (4th floor), and at the factory. i ....... ...... •• _ ------------- • --- • -- ._....& ANNOUNCEMENT. PLEASING RECEPTION AT SLIGH'S. New Showrooms at the Factory Visited by Hund1:eds of Furniture Men Wednesday Evening. T!he Sligh Furniture company was "at home" at the new factory addition Wednesday evening, from 7 to 10 o'clock, and the informal reception that was tendered the trade proved a most delightful success in every way. HeartIest congratu-lations were showered on Mr. Sligh, the officers and sales-men of the company on the splendId building that has been opened, and the magnificent line of 1,100 to 1,200 pieces of bedlOom furniture that has been placed on the floors Printed invitations were issued to local manufacturers, the outside manufacturers showing here, their representatives and the trade, and notwithstanding the hot weather and the fact that the furniture men are full of business nght now, the response was very cordial, probably 400 to 500 visitors at-tending the reception during the evening. By the way, it might be mentioned, that it ",as a broad and generous spIrit that inspired this occasion-the thrOWing open of showrooms to competitive manufacturers, outside as well as local, and Mr. Sligh's happy conception ought to go far towards removing the harsh criticism often heard that Grand Rapids manufacturers do not welcome the outside manufacturers. They do welcome them and are willing to gin them credit for the large part they are playing in build. ing up Grand Rapids as a great furniture center. The visitors were received by President Sligh and he was assisted in showing them around by Vice President N or-man McClave, Supt. D. S. Ackley, D. H. Horton, L. E. Kling, Lee Averill and Henry Rickling of the business offices, and the traveling representatives, Geo F Keck, middle west; ,Waldo M. Ball, metropolitan; Geo. T. Wright, New England: T. H. Camp, west; Harry Story, central and M. D Blum, south. The building was brilliantly lighted and was spick and span in its neatness and newness. Rugs were laid on the floors of the reception rooms below, while flowers and vines were artistically arranged. On entering the building the visitor finds !himself in a large reception hall, with wide open stairway leading to the showrooms on the second floor. The wainscoting is in Cir-cassian walnut of beautiful figure. To the left is a room, 20 x 20 feet, that is also finished in paneled walnut. This is the salesmen's room and it will be fitted up nicely, each represen-tative having his desk, and with a large easy couch in one corner for lounging. Farther on is the dining room, of simi-lar size, and finished in rosewood of selected figures and giv-ing the room a richness in setting that is very striking. In thIS room lunches will be served during furniture seasons, be1l1g connected with a kitchen of ample size and fully eqUIpped with ranges and other necessities of the highest culinary art These rooms were designed by W m. H. Halstrick, the company's designer, and his clever ideas have been very happily executed Mahogany furniture is used in furnishing them and In the dlnlllg room the sideboard is of rosewood, built in The wall and ceiling decorations are in harmony. Refreshments were served during the evening and W urz-burg's orchestra discoursed music. The new showrooms, wlllch are fully 30 per cent larger than ever before, and the new fall line, were of course the center of attraction, and the extent of the line and the excellence of it drew the unquali-fied praIse of all visitors A large number of new designs have been brought out and are found sprinkled all through. The showing of solid mahogany pieces this season is a feature, while very large additions have also been made to the inlaid Sheratons and other suites. The Sligh line ranks high now in Louis XV and Louis XVI and the periods as well as in Colonials. No finer Cir-cassian walnut furniture can be seen anywhere, Mr. Sligh being a pioneer in the use of this expensive imported wood. The best cabinet and construction work extends down through to the cheaper end. When price and quality are considered it is hard to beat the Sligh goods. It requires considerable equilibrium to be able to roll in "\ealth WIthout rollmg out of It. The Ancient Order of the Wet Blanket will not hold a con-vention m Grand Rapids this season. ~--~..-.-.----------_._---_._---_._~ ._ ••• 1 ••• -- •••••••••• The Sterling furniture Co. MARTIN BROCKMAN, PreSident Manufacturers of Parlor Furniture Frames 1509.1511 North Halsted Street CHICAGO Telephone Lincoln 5685 (j[ Our New Line is now ready. When in the market, do not fail to see it. (j[ Our Specialty is Overstuffed Chair and Davenport Frames, English Style. ... .. WEEKLY AR'lISAN 11 Rockford Chair and Furniture Co., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dininl! Room Furniture BUFFETS. CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture - Library Desks, Library Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book. cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in July on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. quite a popular method of procedure with the department stores. "I still believe that one line a year would! be ample. The exposition game is costly and the manufacturer these days would not be justified at all in bringmg his stuff to market twice a year, except for advertising purposes. assuring the trade that you are still doing business at the old stand. "Weare doing very nicely with our better grade stuff and there is a lot of satisfaction in making good furniture in-stead of plunder." Profits Not What They Used to Be. Charles E Rlgley, of the Estey Manufacturing company, Owos.-,o, Mlch, who has been in the furniture game Just 40 year:, thIS month, was m the market Friday. He had expected to return home Thursday, but the Grand Trunk freight wreck kept hIm over another day. "I have been looking over the personals in your paper," he said to the Artisan-Record representative, "and find that about 19 out of every 20 of the furniture men are strangers to me TIme brings many changes and many new faces are seeD every season "We have evoluted at Owosso from an immense plant that cut up, butchered, as you might say. mIllions of feet of lumber a year, and turned out 150 complete suites of cheap chamber furniture daIly, to a small factory with a small out-put of medIUm and better goods. I never lIked to make cheap stuff. It seemed lIke such a dreadful waste of good lumber, but we had our own saw mIlls then and our own timber. The manufacture of a high grade line suits me better. My two boys are with me, so that when I get through I can turn the business over to them. "The profits to manufacturers are not what they used to be. Dealers used to have warerooms and carry large stocks. They came to market to buy and the manufacturer was placed in a very comfortable position when he could go home after the sales with orders in hand aggregating hundreds of thou-sands of dollars. Not so now. Copious memorandas are tahn, the buyer places small orders, buys oftener, and the manufacturer has to carry the stock The market is to quite an extent a looking rather than a buying game, and it is a fine thing. of course, for the dealers. The buying of 'close-outs' between seasons at from 25 to 33 1-3 per cent off is now How to Test Machine Oil. An easy and SImple test for lubricating oil is given by Frank B. KIllIan that any novice can make. Place the oil to be tested 111 a small porcelain or glass cup and set it in a metal dish, so that the surface of the 011 in the cup is about level WIth the surface of the sand in the dish. The receptacle containing the 011 should be covered, the cover having two perforations one-quarter inch in diameter. One of these holes IS for the introduction of the thermometer and the other to provide an exit for the vapors given off. The bulb of the ther-mometer must clear the bottom of the cup by at least three-eighths of an inch. Heat the metal dish by means of a Bunsen or gas flame, noting the rise in the temperature of the oil by means of the thermometer. After the oil reaches a somewhat critical temperature. which can be determined by a preliminary test, pass a lighted taper over the open hole in the cover, carefully noting the ther-mometer readmg at the instant at which a flash is ob-served. The temperature so noted, checked for accuracy by one or more repetitions of the run, is the flash pain t of the oil. ~-_._--------_._._. _. _. _._._._.----_. _. -_.-----_._--------------------.----. " ..- . •• "If • Wood B.... Clamp Flxtu ..es. Pe.. Set SOc. Sheldon Steel Racl1 Vise. 30.000 Sold on approval and an uncon-dItional money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Gua..anteed Inde.t ..uctlble. We sohclt pnvllege of sendmg samples and Pettent Malleable Clamp Flxtu ..e•• our complete catalogue E H SHELDON & CO , ChIcago, lll. Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp FIxtures whIch we boua;ht of you a htUe over a year ago are givmg excellent serVice We are well satisfied WIth them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want anythmg addItIOnal m thIS 1me Yours truly, SIOUXCIty, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO. E. H. SHELDON C:J CO. 328 N. May St., Chicago. ............... - . ~ ~ •• a ••••• _ ••••••• a •••••••••••••• 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN ....... I ........ .. . ... .....- . . ... ... .. "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factones. Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies. Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton', Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ...I WOMAN WHO RENOVATES BEDDING. ... ...... .. - .... .. Started Keeping a Boarding House and Drifted Into Better Business. "Making over mattresses and renovating e\ erything per-taining to beds is the way I earn money," declared a v.oman who a few years ago came to New York from the \Vest With the intention of keeping a boardIng house. "I buIlt up the business by taking the first work that came to me after my boarding house scheme went up in thlll air. "You mustn't think I failed at keepIng a boarding house I didn't succeed because the person who had promised to supply the capital changed hiS mInd and deCided to invest In something else. When I found I had come to New York on a wild goose chase I began at once to look around to see what there was to do. "Not having had special training in anythIng except house-keeping I applied at the Woman's Exchange, sayIng that I was willing to take any honest work. I was told there was nothing especially deSirable on the books just then, but one family who were to leave town III a few days Wished to have their beds and bedding renovated during their absence Could I undertake that work? "I jumped at it. Though not entirely Without money, I was not going back to my home in the \Vest with less In my pocket than I had brought away with me nor did I mean to give some of my friends the pleasure of sayIng I had come back dead broke. "Not having any place of my own to do the work I thought first of hiring a room, but after thinking it all out I deter-mined to ask to be allowed to work in the home of my em-ployers. As they were leaving town and I could give good references they were willing to have me do as I proposed. The mistress of the house, however, took occasion to remark in my hearing that she expected to be forced to have the work done over again as she had never given a person work through a charity and got returns that amounted to anythlllg. "As I was in the habit of doing well whatever I undertook the remark of my employer did not affect me. When the beds were all renovated I found that I had opened a new field for women. At least that is what I was told. Nobody had ever heard of a woman who would go around to houses and renovate the beds and bedding. "From one piece of work I stepped into another until the warm months came and people began to prepare to go away for the summer. Knowing this would be an opportulllty I scattered my cards around freely. On these cards I told what I could do, what I wanted to do and my terms, and I gave the names, addresses and telephone numbers of my references. "I managed to get so many orders ahead that summer that I gave up my room in the boardIng house and moved from one place to another as I worked. Often I would go to a house with an order to renovate every bed in It. This renovatIng sometimes means making over the mattresses, doing over the pillows and mendIng quilts, blankets, coverlets and sheets. At other places I would have orders to make over only the mat-tresses and perhaps a few pillows. "My charges are always for the work and not by the hour or day. Unless the half of the mattresses has been neglected for a long tIme or feather pillows have been kept in a damp place I can get them III shape by exposing them to the sun for a few dayS. I send them to some establIshment that makes a business of renovating hair and feathers. I then see that the mattresses or pillows are properly made up. "This summer I shall work with three assistants and it may be that I shall have to call in another before the end of the season. I have enough orders to keep me hard at work. "vVhere I work in the home, If it is a house I clear out the largest and sunniest room on the top floor and use it for sunning hair and feathers. Even if they are not very old a good sunlllng IS the best and surest means of freshening both hair and feathers. Hair can often be exposed on the roof, which of course is impossible With feathers unless, as I have sometImes done, they are put III large mouthed boxes and baskets with mosquito nettlllg tIed over to keep them from being blown away. "My charges for this work are exactly the same as those made by the best establIshments engaged in renovating. As my work is fully as good, though I assert that it is much better, there is no reason for me to ask less for it. Sometimes when I work in country houses my charges are less because of the room and board supplIed. In such instantes I charge for rail-road tickets both ways. "In the wlllter I have a large room on the top floor of a factory buildlllg, where I keep two and sometImes four women helpers busy all the time. They do the mattresses and pillows for persons who would not find it convenient to have the work done in their homes. "Though I have had offers for upholstering on several occasions I have always refused to undertake it. In the first place it is not in the same lIne of work as renovating mat-tresses and bedding. Though I might be able to renovate the mattress of a sofa or the bottom of a stuffed chair the whole process would be so different from handling a bed mattress that my experience would not insure a perfect piece of work If I hadn't enough mattresses and pillows to keep me busy I might learn how to do chairs and other articles of furniture, WEEKLY AR1ISAN but having just as much as I can do properly I prefer to stick to my line. "Though I am often called on to renovate cotton mat-tresses and occasionally cotton pIllows I never like the work. Cotton needs not only to be 9unned and pIcked apart but to be beaten to get it into condition after it has become matted. The best way to manage a cotton mattress, that is to keep it longest in good condition, is to have it sunned as often as possible. Twice a week is not too often. "If the entire mattress can be exposed to the direct rays of the sun so much the better. If this is not possible have the bed near the window through which the sun shines, and throw-ing off the bed-clothes allow the mattress to sun as often as possIble With such treatment a cotton mattress is very nearly as comfortable as a hair mattress and will last just as long "Once in a great whIle I am called in to renovate a feather mattress. Usually it is owned by an old person, generally a German by birth, who acquired the habit of sleeping on feathers in the Fatherland. Wool mattresses are also used by a few people, but I have never found them popular with any except persons from the northwestern part of our country and Canada. Whenever I see a wool mattress I am sure the owner sleeps with the windows shut tight. "So far as I can judge there is room in the field for other women. I know of several who are making a good living by it They started in after I began and have their own particu-lar methods. "In most small cities there are establishments where such work is done imperfectly by machinery Women gomg from house to house or taking work to their own home could do the same thing much better and for just as Iowa cost. I have never averaged my expenses or earnings by the day, but I know that I make enough to pay my help, pay my own living expenses and have something to put in the bank for the ex-pected rainy day."-New York Sun. Effigies on Royal Caskets. When Elizabeth was borne in funeral procession to W est-minster, on top of the coffin, "covered with purple velvet borne in a chanot drawn by four horses trapped in black vel-vet," there lay for all to see "the lively picture of her Majesty's whole body, in her parhament robes, with a crown on her head and a scepter in her hand" That effigy may still be seen in the little side chamber at Westminster abbey, where this and other royal waxworks are carefully preserved Down almost to Georgian times an effigy in wax formed a part of the cortege of each royal funeral. They are now in glass cases at Westminster abbey, a sideshow seen by few London-ers, but visited by the earnest provincial The most remarkable exhibition of an effigy was that of the waxen image of Oliver Cromwell, which was placed on a richly adorned bed at his lying in state in Somerset House The robes were of purple and crimson velvet, orna-mented with ermine and lace of gold To the side of the effigy was affixed a splendid sword, and in one hand was a sceptre and in the other a globe, while a cap of ermine and velvet covered the head On a stool of gold lay an imperial crown After a few weeks the effigy was removed to another apartment, where it vvas placed on a raised dais under a canopy of state This was intended to represent the Protector in a state of glory, and the 1Ight was so concentrated as to form a celestial halo It was carried to Westminster abbey on the day of the funeral on a splendId hearse and placed on a couch of wax over the grave, where it remained until the Restoration. -London Chronicle. The L. Mac E. VARNISHES BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH, QUAKER CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET FLOWING VARNISH, WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES; WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE REED FLOWING VARNISHES, FLAT ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-JAPANS, Etc. DIPPING VARNISHES NOTE-Our many years of practical experience with the Furniture, Plano and kindred lines of manufacture enable us to know just the kind and quality of varnishes demanded. Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an already established trade with this class of customers through visiting them with fillers and stains, makes it possible for us to setl varnishes without additional ex-pense to us, which advantage we are disposed to give to our customers in quality. Send us a Trial Order. THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY - Philadelphia 13 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN Temperate Zone Mahogany. J. L. Borden of the Goldsboro FUlrnitu~e <:0111pany Goldsboro, N. C, who are among the largest producers of gum wood furmture, is the owner of large tracts of thIS tim-ber within a few mIles of Goldsboro Mr Borden has for a number of years made a study of this wood so that he ha~ become quite expert In USIng it in the productIOn of furnIture Naturally he does not feel lIke dIvulging all the Informa-tion he has found out through many experiments. How-ever, it will undoubtedly prove interesting to many furnIture manufacturers and others to learn that two gum wood trees standing side by side may be of so d1fferent a nature as to preclude the use of one of them for furmture work. It wIll no doubt prove interesting to know that the tImber has to receive the right kind of treatment to make it permanently useful as a furniture wood, both before and after cutting Mr. Borden recently read of an experiment made in German) by which it was sought to change the color of the wood The experimenter bored a hole in the top of the tree and ar-ranged a can of coloring material in such a '" ay that It would gradually be absorbed by the tree. After a certain penod of time the tree was cut down and sawed up into lumber and it was found that the boards presented practicall} a umform color all the way through. Mr. Borden IS thmkmg of tn mg thIS expenment on gum "W ood Experiments already made by Mr. Borden have demon-strated that it is pOSSIble to emphasize the figure of the wood. In fact he has a dresser In his exhIbIt. the top of which was made from tImber which had been subjected to some :"ort of a treatment before the tree \\ as cut He reports that his company has never had any trouble 111 makmg satIsfactory furniture from the use of thIs "'ood and cItes the fact that In the past six months they were compelled to allO\\ some orders to go unfilled. Mr. Borden says that Tupelo gum wood I'i almo'it a pul C whIte wood and is not suitable for use as a cabmet \\ ood for the reason that it is so soft and bnttle and almost entIrely lacking 1tl figure For this reason he does not thInk that the name Tupelo would be sUItable to apply to the \\ ood \\ hlch 1S being used in the manufacture of furmture He 'ia\" that the words Temperate Zone Mahogany more clearly de~cnbcs the true nature of the wood, but he realIzes that thIS name IS too long for commercial use. No Need for a Lawyer. A newly qualIfied judge in one of the small to\\ ns of the South was trying one of his first cnminal cases The ac-cused was an old darkey who was charged with robbing a hencoop. He had been in court before on a simIlar charge and was then acquitted "Well, Tom," began the judge, "I see you're In trouble again" "Yes, sah/' replied the darkey, "the last tIme, jedge, you was ma lawyer." "Where is your lawyer thIS time?" asked the judge "I ain't got no lawyer this time," answered Tom. "I'm going to tell the truth." Capitalized at $100,000. W. E. Georgia, of St. Louis, is in Grand RapIds, engaged in purchasing stock for the recently organized IN. E Georgia Furniture and Carpet company, with an authorized capital stock of $100,000, of which amount fifty-two per cent. is held by Mr. Georgia. The company will supply the furniture section of the Barr Dry Goods company. Mr. Georgia will buy a choice stock of medium and fine goods in Grand Rapids. r . .. ... - --- --- - .. -- ------ -------. I Shultz ~ "irsch I Company Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE BEDDING III ,I IIIII I IIIIII I II~ fEAT"ERS, fEAT"ER PillOWS, DOWNS, ETC. UP"OLSTERED BOX SPRINGS and CURLlD "AIR MATTRESSES A SPECIALTY ._--_._~_._._.---,.~_._.----------------_ .. • 0U :c (J '00- ..s..::~t: lC) ~ 0 ::J ~ " ~ol&I Q ~ . • ti ~ ~ 0 ::J ~ fF:i d ... '() II e '() as ~ ci ~ ~ C") Z • 0 ... .Q... ..... Q) .Q.. $.t e \.I.). ~ ..a..s. .Q.. ~ --'~ ---------------------------- - WEEKLY ARTISAN absolute removal of condensation from heating surfaces with Detroit Steam Traps. A Bay City Manufacturer saves $200 per month in fuel by the automatic return of condensation to boilers by a Detroit Return Trap System. Applied to any Kiln Treatise on the "best and latest practice in artificial Lumber Drying" sent post-paid. A book you ought to have. AMERICAN BLO'¥ER CoMPANY ---- DETROIT. F'lICH -- __ U S. A. Ablest Engineering Organization in the Blower Business, operating three large plants devoted exclusively to the manufacture of Fan System apparatus and the allied lines. For Salesmen. Have you ever considered the qualIties and character which go to make up what is called a man of push? Have you ever asked yourself what it is that makes one salesman a man of push and another salesman just the opposite? \;Vhat are the characteristics that this salesman has and which the other salesman has not? What does he do that gives him the superiority over his fellow salesmen? There are a 'great many lengthy definitions for this word Push, which enter into all the fine pomts, but on summing up it will be found to consist mostly of two things; one is keeping your eyes open, and the other is keeping your hands busy. All men may be progressive and pushing if they want to. It is not an exclusive trait limited to a favored class but is rather more of a habit to be acquired, and is one that any per-son who makes up his mind that he is going to have it can get by persistent efforts. The formula consists mainly of hard work-putting in hour after hour, day after day, and never letting up till the goal is reached. Furthermore, it consists of noticing what is going on around you; what other men are doing; and learning from their su'CCessor mistakes how to improve yourself. Now, if you will tactfully act upon good suggestions, us-ing diplomacy and good judgment, it would mean that you would probably double your selling ability. This is some-thing for you to think over carefully. While on the subject of tact and diplomacy, let me say here that tact is something that every salesman should pos-sess. A knowledge of his customers, a knowledge of how to cater to all their little peculiarities, is necessary to sell goods. "Sugar catches more flies than vinegar." This is a rather 15 THAT TEMPERATURE PROBLEM SOLVED BY THE homely saying, but it is true, not only in fly catching, but in trade catching-F. B. Mallory. Well Paid Idea Men. Many business institutions have men commanding high salaries who are engaged for the purpose of originating new ideas in the effort to keep down eX'penses, secure new busi-ness, hold the old business, plan sales, execute merchandis-ing events, training of employes, installation of modern fix-tures and a number of similar things. For instance, one great house employs, at a salary of $200 a week, a man who devotes his time to planning advertising campaigns alone. The average merchant cannot pay any large sum for a num-ber of idea men, or even for one man. He looks to the trade paper to keep him out of a rut and constantly in touch with the newest productions in merchandise and the latest ideas in store equipment and management. It is also here that a few dollars a year, such as are paid for a tr_ade paper, would not be a very large salary to pay a man who could devote his time to a store, in an effort to keep it in touch with such matters as are necessary, such as getting hold of the newest merchandise, arranging the window and interior trims, pre-paring effective advertisements, putting new ideas into the salespeople's heads, and working with practicaIIy every branch of the store. Consequently the trade paper must be relied upon and the live retailer who reads his weekly trade paper has a decided advantage over a competitor who can't see the necessity of reading a magazine devoted to his business. No merchant or dealer is justified in handling a line of goods in which there is no profit. Either change your line or change your business. -1'- 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY .unCR'''TION .1 .0 "ER YEAR ANYWHERE 'N THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES '2.00 "ER YEAR. SINGLE CO"'E' 5 CENTS. PU.LICATION O......ICE. 101-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRANO RAI"'OS, MICH, A. S WHITE, MANAG'NG ED'TDR Entered a •• econd clus matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids, Mlchlcan under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E LEVY. A prominent manufacturer wlthdrevv his hne of chairs from the exposition last year and declared that thereafter he \\ ould sell his goods through the usual channel, cutt111g out the expo-sitions entirely. He had not taken many orders and beheves that the expositions are a nuisance and a failure m promotmg the sale of goods. This gentleman makes a very substanttal, reliable line. In fact it can be said that his product IS a~ good in every way as It was twenty years ago, and no better In construction and finish nothing more could be desired But the gentleman has not awakened to the fact that the sty les ,)f 1R90 do not satisfy the dealers nor the consumers of 1J10 Several hundred competitors (the dissatisfied gentleman Will pardon this little bit of flattery) are selhng the greater part of their products to buyers in the exposltton towns the gentleman m question condemns, and will cont111ue to do so These men rec-ognize the value of enterpnse and progress 111their busmess. and will continue to prosper so long as they succeed 111 keep111g moss from gathering on their backs Manufacturers are mak1l1g a feature of secret compartments in case work this season The Idea IS not new. Noone kno\'\ s how long ago the secret compartment was 1I1troduced 111 the man-ufacture of furniture, but the Artisan-Record remembers a large showy bedroom suite built by the Phoelllx Furlllture company in 1876 that contained a secret receptacle for valuables 111 the footboard. It was reached through the top rail About 25 years ago the Rogers Furniture company placed small metal safes in its sideboards, but these were so pla1l1ly 111'Iew that an enterprising burglar could have removed them after mak111g a few strokes with a hatchet and carned them a\\ a) Secret compartments m the hnes now on sale are sO mgemously hidden that none not possessed of the knowledge of the cab111et maker would find them. To what extent these compartments are used no one really has any knowledge. The safety vault IS so much safer and the cost for service 111the same is so moderate that the secret drawer is not ltke beer at a German plcmc, where everyone must have it. Discussion of the effect of the auto craze on bU'iiness i" not confined to the furniture trade Certain operators of railroads have "unsheathed" their hammef3 and are knocking the car in all its various forms and its users Reference IS not made to the growing use of the auto by salesmen in visiting their customers, but the knockers claim that the peo-ple are over-financing and that a crash will result Other railroad men say that instead of an injury the automobile truck especially IS a benefit to the railroads without reference to the traffic obtamed by the output of the industry engaged 111 the manufacture of the automobile. Just now it is argued it actually bnngs business to the railroads It is cited that auto trucks haul four times the load of team trucks, and in one-third the time at no greater expense after the first cost. If, as many fear, the people are going to perdition, it might as well be on wheels as on foot. EVils eXist m the furniture trade. Manufacturers do not agree as to the causes that combine to produce the same. E. W. Hawks complains of an over production of goods. O. H. L Werlllcke attnbutes the unsatisfactory conditions to under consumption George P. Hummer says the average manufacturer IS a poor salesman; that he does not possess the ability to dispose of his products at a profit. The retailer has troubles lI1numerable, but he steadily refuses to employ the means at hand to remove the same In the meantime old "Tempus fuglt" keeps "fugiting" and the red-garbed indi-vidual of the fiery region takes the laggard into his warm em-brace from day to day. It is the way of the world. John E. Brower has originated a group of compositIOns for the Grobhlser-Cabinetmakers company, that calls for a careful study by the buyers of furniture. Everyone seems anxioU'i to see the line and study the motives that inspired and the pur-poses that moved the deSigner. SuggestIOns of the Flanders, the MISSIOn, the A.rts and Crafts and Enghsh and French im-pulses enter the mind when viewing the collection and occasion-ally the boldness of the German is exposed to view. If any-thing is lacking in the compositions it is the semblance of ap-plied Amencan art, an art by the way, that is not distinctly de-fined. The exhibit deserves the general attention it is receivmg. ( ExpreSSIOns commendmg the policy of the Shgh Furni-ture company, in mviting the retatlers, the manufacturers and the salesmen 'io)ourning in this city to visit their warerooms and inspect the hne and its installation are heard on evelY hand The courtesy extended by the company to competitors, especially, is highly appreciated and will serve to win a lot of friends for the corporation. The spirit that prompted the company to open their warerooms to all should be emulated. It is productive of good will, kindly in-terest and promotes the best interests of all in the trade. It remamed for O. H. L. Wernieke to dig up the fact that with the advent of the hoop skirt upwards of sixty years ago chairs With arms were tabooed by women. To sit in hoops and an arm chair at the same time would have been impossible. While the use of the hoops enabled the ladies to present an out-landish appearance, the chair maker w~s quick to take advantage of the opportunity to save the cost of making and attaching arms to his chairs. Additional space for the exhibitors of furniture in Grand Rapids IS assured by the erection, during the current year, of the Furmture Temple, promoted by C. O. Skinner and the openmg of the Leonard warehouse on Commerce street, for exposition purposes. The rapid growth of the market de-mands the additional space and conveniences these buildings will supply. All people have not yet found out that it costs no more effort to put things back where they belong than to search for them when next required. It will relieve a great strain on the vocabulary when they do. WEEKLY ARTISAN write-up and the best that one can do is to select some fea-ture of the new stuff here and there and speak of it briefly. English period stuff of the 17th, rather than the 18th century, predominates. The exhibit of Charles II and William and Mary chairs alone is worthy of extended notice. The new WIlliam and Mary chairs, with their refined lines, are cer-tain to have the favor of the trade. The new patterns in Sheraton are very pleasing. Large additions have been made to the solid mahogany goods For special utilIty in the home a number of odd chairs have been brought out, all having the English touch. In the different periods of Colonial, in Sheraton, Chippendale, Louis XV and Louis XVI, the exhibit is strong and complete. The line of dining room chairs is worthy of special at-tention. It includes various patterns in rush seats and in slip seat leather goods The new line of inlaid diners has been warmly commended by the trade The rush seats, partic-ularly in Colonials, are liked very much. Chairs of proper design, and built right-that tells the GREAT LINE OF CHAIRS. Michigan Chair Company is Showing an Extraordinary As-sortment in Pleasant Valley. As a foreword, addressed especially to buyers not famil-iar with the pl'Oduct of the Michigan Chair company, it may be said that here is a line of staples in chamber and dining room chairs so far reaching in its scope that dealers may match up completely and perfectly with each and everyone of the different schools and expressions of art found in other standard lines. Old cus'tomers of this great chair concern do not need to be told this for they have tried it out repeatedly year after year, but there may be some new comers to the market who do not know how comprehensive this line is, and how easily they may find just the chairs'they want here to match up their bedroom and dining room suites. The great business of the Michigan Chair company ha:;; been built on the broad and sound business principle of one Standard Style, Combination No.5 S. Double Section. MADE BY SCHRAM BROS., 421 ARMOUR ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Colonial Style, Combination No. 10 C. price to all, first come first served, with the same courteous and careful attention paid to the small dealer that the large dealer receives. This city has as its slogan "Grand Rapids Knows How," and it may be truly said that when it comes to making and marketing chairs, the Michigan Chair companJ knows how. Messrs. Jordan and Garratt are practical chair men, who have come up from the bench and the whirling machinery, while at the head of the selling end of the business stands Vice President Chas. H Cox, and associated with him are Rob't G Calder, W. R. Penney, Chas B Parmenter, RJb't. E. Walton and H. M. Story, all ranking among the best sales-men in the market. The hard work of plucky men has brought this bU3iness up from humble beginnings in a barn, with no capItal, to the present magnificent plant and equipment, outranking every other chair concern in the state in the scope of its output. The company is fortunate also in the designing end, and an important end it is too. Designer Nash has had 21 years experience in the furniture business and for the past five years he has been giving his time and talents to this line It is not easy to give a line of this extent an adequate 17 story tersely of the product of thIS factory. Business in the market this se3son has been first class, inSUring a busy fac-tory this fall. Sideboards are but buffets of a larger size, with a bttle more fussing on their tops. .. I HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER I SAWED} QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SliCED AND MAHOGANY I• • _. •• __ -- •• , • as •• I I.. ---~,---~-~ 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN Jamestown Annual Furniture Outing. The annual outmg of the Jamestown (N Y) Furlllture association occurred on June 11, and was largely attended, there bemg more than 100 present. Besides the manufac-turers and salesmen who constItute the membershIp of the association, there were furnIture buyers present, as guests of the associatIOn, from Warren, Ashtabula, and Pames, dIe, Ohio and Buffalo, N. Y. The sport feature of the program consisted of a ball game between teams made up of furnIture salesmen amd furniture manufacturers The game was sup-posed to go five innings; as the score was a tIe, two mn-ings more were played without changmg the result Glenn K Brown capta1tled the salesmen's team, whIle L) Ie B HIme-baugh, acted in a sImIlar capacIty for the manufacturers After the game the party adjourned to the ColumbIa Inn at Bemus Point on Lake Chautauqua, where a fine banquet was Committee on Arrangements. Glenn K. Brown, PresIdent, D M. Goldstem, VIce President; F. E. Shearman, Jr, Treasurer, Mott Lawrence, Secretary; E J. McGee and C O. J ones, Directors. served whIch was followed by toasts and extemporary re-marks by anyone who had anything to say and by some who hadn't After the festivItIes the party enjoyed a boat ride b) moonlight back to Jamestown. Everyone declared It one of the most successful and joyful occasions ever expenenced in spite of the fact that it ramed heaVIly the day before and thel e were several showers during the day Frank 0 Andt r-son of the Empire Furll1ture company was the highest bidder for the privilege of supplying (out of hIs o~ n pocket) the liquid refreshments for the party. It IS saId that no one found fault with either the quantity or qualIty of the lemonade Buyers from the southern states are coming 111tothe north-ern markets in larger numbers than usual this season and all bring encouraging reports of the outlook for trade. French Styles for Salon. It IS mcontestIble that the French furnIture de luxe, that IS, the styles of the monarchIal penods, IS the most appropnate for the salon and receptIOn rooms It IS the most luxunous, furnIshes the best, and best sets off handsome gowns for functIOns and ceremOllleS It also lIghts up the best bj electrIC or artIficial lIghts. Take the parlor suites of the LoUIS XIV or LoUIS XV period. The carved wood, all gIlded m fine gold. And the upholstering m bnght patterns of Aubusson, eIther m flower patterns or m the figures worked out by hand in the tapestries. Or, agam, the LOUIS XVI styles, with the basket pattern, the garlands and the fine gold beadlllg These lend a rIchness and a charm to a large salon, WIth Its mIrrors and its lIghts, which the furniture of no other country can equal. There are beautIful copies in America, which are wonder-fully cheap for ", hat they are. And then, of course, there are the French reproductions, which are not so dear when bought III Pans, but by the time the duty is reckoned and Cncie Sam has been accounted to, the price mounts up. All of the large establIshments in Paris, like the Bon Marche, the Louvre, and Dufayel, have on hand entire rooms, fitted up III exact copy of the original meubles de style, and these copIes have been executed by expert artisans from the origi-nals, which are to be found in the museums and in the o~d chateauA of France today, that IS, what is left of them. For man' sets, including the hand carved woods on the walls, ha' e been bought and gone to decorate some of the wealthIest home<.; m America Also, all of the establIshments above referred to have a certam number of originals for sale. But to u<.;e a common French saying, these cost the eyes out of ,our head and. in fact, it takes an expert to tell the differ-ence bet\\ een the reproductions and the origmals, and they are <.;ometimes mistaken. Out of Sight of Land. "Yes," saId a travelIng man "I was once out of sight of land on the AtlantIC ocean twenty-one days" There ,>,as a small-SIzed crowd sittmg around. Another man spoke up "On the PaCIfic ocean one time I didn't see land for t\\enty-nme days," he saId A lIttle bald-headed man knocked the ashes from his Clgar "I started across the Kaw river at Topeka in a skiff once," he saId, "and ~ as out of SIght of land before I reached the other side" "Aw, come off," said the man who had told the first tale "The Kaw isn't more than three hundred feet wide at Topeka ., "I dIdn't say It was," saId the little man quietly. "The boat turned over and I sank twice" Expense and Delay Involved. Before postal savlllgs banks are opened lllformation will have to be obtallled as to the exact system on which to operate them Then the machinery will have to be provided-blanks, pa,s books, tc, am:, new clerks hired to conduct the busllles3 Postmaster General Hitchcock will have to go to considerable expense in thIS matter and it WIll interfere with the saving he is trying to make in the department. A manufacturer of chamber suites may admire another man-ufacturer of chamber suites almost as much as a commercial de-signer may admire the work of another commercial designer. WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 LOSS OF A JOB. Due Not to Hard Luck, the Man Thinks, but to His Own Fault. "As a matter of fact," said a man who ha3 found it pretty difficult lately to connect with a job, "I don't believe much in luck. I think that when a man fails he owes his failure as a rule not to hard luck but to some fault of his own. Let me give you an illustration from a recent per-sonal experience. "I wanted a job and I wanted it very bad, and I saw an advertisement of one that I thought would suit me and that I knew I could hold down in good shape, so I applied for it; and as I talked along with the manager there seemed every prospect that I was going to get it, and inwardly I felt very months ago, and then of course I inked it. When the white shows through as the ink wears off you have to ink it again, and that's what I've generally done, but 30metimes I've been neglectful as I was in this case. "I knew well enough a week ago that that coat ought to be looked after, but I just neglected it, let it go, and finally it cost me that job. That was not hard luck; it was all due plain as could be to my own fault. "Lots of us no doubt lose chances in just that way. In case of hard luck, as they call it, we are likely to let go more or less and not try to keep up a3 we ought to. We say: 'What's the use? Everythmg seems to be against me, and why should I try? "Of course there couldn't be any worse mistake than that. What a man wants to do when luck seems against Jamestown Furniture Association on Their Annual Outing. much elated, and then all of a sudden my coat caught the manager's eye and he said to me: " 'But we couldn't hire a man with a coat like that,' and he pointed as he spoke at the edge of my coat, where the cloth had worn away, to show here and there a little glimpse of the white lining. "That ended it and I had to come away; I failed to get that job because the edge of my coat was worn and white. "You'd say that was hard luck, woulJn't you? So would most people; but it 'Wasn't hard luck at all. My loss of that job was due to simple, sheer neglect. I had known for a week that that edge had got white and I knew I ought to ink 'it, but I had simply failed to do so. It i.s some little time now since I've had any new clothes and naturally my clothes now show some .signs of wear; but you can keep clothes looking pretty good if you'll only take the trouble to look after them, and that as a general thing I do. "That edge on my coat began to show white about two him i.s to keep up better than ever. He must put up a good front. Though, inside, his heart may sag a little he should keep a cheerful countenance; nobody, positively nobody, wants a downcast man around. Now you want to put up a good front and look more scrupulously than ever after your coat and hat and shoes, after every detail. See what I lost by neglecting just one simple little thing! "But I've got it inked up all right now and I shan't lose another good chance right away just because my coat show3 white on the edge."-Ex. The current week will be characterized by great activity in the furniture buying districts of Grand Rapids, and the season promises animation during the remainder of the month. President Ripley of the Sante Fe railroad says that in the vast territory traversed by his railroad the crops are in good condition and the prospects for business promising. 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN THE FURNITURE TEMPLE Mr. Skinner Talks of Plans for Construction and Management of the Building. Charles O. Skinner, the promoter of the Grand Rapld'i Furniture Temple company, III an lllterv1ew w1th a repre-sentative of the Daily Art1san-Record, revealed the plans for the construction of the Temple (an illustration of wh1ch may be seen on another page) and its management, as follows: "The Furniture Temple," said Mr. Skinner, "will have conveniences for both the buyers and sellers, which the other buildings do not have. The top floor will be made into a sum-mer garden with a display of Kaltex furniture manufac-tured by the Michigan Seating company Off the lobby wdl be a large reception room containing private lockers, desks, easy chairs, etc., for the exclusive use of buyers. One half of the basement which is really the first floor on Ionia street, will be used as a gnll room, and open the year round. "The Furmture Temple is not being promoted to see how many tenants can be taken from the other exhlbltlOn buildings, but to make the Grand Rapids market stronger a'i a whole It will take care of a few manufacturers not ex-h1biting in this market, and some that are unable to secure desirable space. As far as possible, but one line Will be shown on a floor and never more than two, which Will gIve privacy to tenants, which IS so much appreciated by the buyers In the poorest located exhibItion bUlldlllg in the Clt) , every tenant is satisfied. Why? There is more privacy of space than in most of the other buildings "Undesirable space is not cheap at any price and has been the principal reason for manufacturers curslllg exhIbi-tions in general Every manufacturer exhibiting in this CIty, who has been fortunate III secunng desirable space, IS entirely satisfied w1th this market and the results One of the largest manufacturers in a certain line sa1d hiS sales at this market exceeded but little III dollars and cents, the cost of the exhibit. Why? Because he has no privacy in his space Another manufacturer making a SImilar line, said hi:> business at this market had increased each season Vlhy? Because he occupies an entire floor in another exhibition building rII •••••• - • •• .. -- _. I • .. •• - • • ...... .. • .... -4f THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dining Room furniture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. A complete Iil\e of sam· pIe. are dl.played In TLe Ford 8 JoLn,ol\ Bu,ldlnll, 1433·37 WaLasL Ave •• 11\· c1udinl! a .peel.1 dlspl.y of Hotel Furniture. All jurlllture dealers are cordtally fnvtted to visit our building. II I I IIII ~ I aa •••• __ • __ ._ •••••• _. __ ••••••••• In the co-operatIve plan you get better service; you get an mventory of all goods delivered and a receipt for every pIece taken from the space. You pay the same rental per square foot, per twelve months, that you pay in the other place for two, if you leave your line on the floor between ~easons, orders are taken gratIs. In our plan, in a few years you get your money back with interest, and own part of the real estate. In the other plan you pay for a part of the real estate and the owner keeps 1t and gets the benefit of the increa<;ed \aluatlOn WhIch is besP" No.9-Porch Chair Large size. Oak Seat Green or MiSSIOn FInish. Weight, 20 pounds No 10-Porch Rocker Large size Oak Seat Green or MISSIOn FIOlSh. Weight 21% pounds No.l1-Porch Settee. Seat 40 Inches long, 17% inches deep Oak Seat Green or MISSIOnfiOlsh Weight, 32 pounds RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY, RICHMOND, INDIANA L WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 WILL BUILD AT ONCE. -------------_.---- .. Luce Furniture Company Have Awarded Contract for Large Addition to Plant. At a recent meetmg of the board of directors of the Luce Furniture company, It was voted to go ahead at once with building plans that have been under consideration for some time A third story will be added to the Immense plant, which covers a ground area of 140 x 530 feet, and this enlarge-ment means 74,200 square feet of additional floor space for manufacturIng purposes. The work has been awarded to local contractors and work wIll begin next week The bUIld-ing IS to be finIshed by October 1. The factory showrooms will m the future be located on the upper floor, reached by a passenger elevator which will be Installed this fall. There will be a kitchen and dining room for serving lunches during the sales season, on this floor, as well as an office for the salesmen, coat room, etc. The showroom space will be 100 x 100 feet, or an increase of nearly SO per cent over the space in Use at the present time. The Luce line this season leaves little to be desired by the purchaser of chamber and dining room furniture in the Grand Rapids market It is complete in all the woods and finishes, and is low priced, extremely so, It seems, when the quality of the goods is considered. The new stuff brought out in bedroom furniture includes solId mahogany suites, with a variety of chairs to match, and seats in cane, denim or plush; Louis XVI suites in Circassian walnut and mahogany, 8 pieces; Louis XV; Colonial in Circassian, light or dark mahogany, oak and bird's eye maple. Quite a lalge assort-ment of princess dressers is shown. The chamber furniture ...II, III I I,I STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOId as a base for our Caster Cups, making the best cur on the markel. CellulOId IS a great Improvement over bases made 0 other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a piece supported by cups with cellUlOId bases It can be done with ease, as the bases are per-fectly smooth CellulOid does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are never marred These cups are fimshed In Golden Oak and White Maple, fimshed light If you Will trv a .amplt ordsr of thus good. you wall dSBIrsto handls thsm In quantltlB' PRICES: Size 2~ lllches . $5.50 per hundred. Size 2~ Inches .. , 4.50 per hundred. I fob Grand Rapids TRY A SAMPLB ORlJER ....,-~------~~_._---~----.--11 ----- includes a number of sUItes in satin walnut, very beautiful in appearance and low priced. The line of dming room furniture is larger and stronger than ever, including Elizabethan, and solid mahogany Colon-ials, Sheraton and Mission, all With chairs to match. Hasty enumeration of some of the new stuff fails to do justice to this strong showing of furmture for chamber and dining room. It must be seen to be appreciated. Business is starting off in fine shape with the Luce people this sea&on. The very talkative salesman is not popular with buyers who want to talk a whole lot themselves. CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood. ing the country. Oliver Tools Save Labor "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 Will take a saw up to 20' diameter Arbor belt II 6' wd. Sendlor Catalog "B" lordataon Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Work. and General Office. at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH .• U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-OlIver Maclnnery Co .. Hudwon Terminal, 50 Church St, New York. OlIver Maclnnery Co, Fuil Nabonal Bank BwidInll. ChicallO, III • OlIver Machmery Co , PaC1ficBuUdInll. Seattle, Wash.; OlIver Maclnnery Co ,201.203 DeaDllIate, Manchester, Enll " Time " Tempers " Co.st "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36Inche •• Made with or WIthout motor dnve Metal table 36"" 30" Will take 18" under the lIwde-tiIto 45 degr_ one way aDd 7 dellrees the other way. Car· riesa laW up to 1%" wide. OUlllde beannll to lower wheel .hatt when not motor dnven WeJlI'" 1800 lb. wheD ready to .hIP Dalzelle and Wabash streets, $4,000; Henry McDonald, Palmer avenUe and Second street, $5,750; Henry Zimmerman, Hamil-ton boulevard and Seward street, $5,000; F. D. Stricker, 273 Helen avenue, $3,500, the Misses Chambers, 229 Canfield street, $5,000, M FrancIs Stewart, 198 Lathrup street, $20,000 Pittsburg-Frank Herngan, 630 Linden avenue, $10,000; ..\lr;, Cathenne Hellstern, 4718 Liberty avenue, $4,000; D G Lloyd, Kenwood and Judicial streets, $4,000 Indianapolis, Ind -Charles S. Moews, 529 North Beville avenue, $4,000; Hugh Murdock, 3146 Washington boulevard, $5,500, E G Sturm, Drexel avenue and Michigan street, $3,500; Mrs G A Shea, Arsenal and Sturm avenues, $4,500; J l' Remecke. Delaware and Thirty-first streets, $6,000; Frank 1\1 Short, Dearborn street and Nowland avenue, $3,000; Mary o McDowell, Pennsylvania and Thirty-third streets, $6,000. St LOUIS,Mo -1' Benton J'vhller, 633 Mildred avenue, $3,000, J G Keener, 6551 Plymouth avenue, $8,000; MISSM. ..\1 Chll;,tlne, 6327 Ridge avenue, $4,500; Louisa Reid, 38 Ash- 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-New York-Dr L A Conner, 59 East 1'orty-nmth street, $30,000; LIZZie Larsen, Saratoga and Stillwell avenues (the BlOnx), $11,000; Adam 1Imk, 286 Harnngton avenue (the Bronx), $4,800; Rudolph Hillman, Chatterton and Olmstead avenues (the Bronx), $-1-,000;Phillppme Zmsmel;,- ter, 982 Internal a,enue (the Bronx), $10,000; S S ..\Iil1er,Clt) Island avenue and Orchard street (the Bronx), $8,500, Ed-ward Thiebout, 3392 Thlebout avenue (the Bronx), $-1-.500; Mrs Caroline Capazzolo, 349 East l2-1-thstreet, $12,000; \\'ill-iam Northrup, 1718 St Peter's avenue, $7,500. Brooklyn, NY-Philip Schmitt, 355 Sumpter street, $22,500; Adolph Mayer, 1033 Madison avenue, $16,500, Ber-nard Picone, 544 Eighteenth street, $6,000; Philip Sanders, 1546 Fulton street, $8,000 Buffalo, N. Y -F. B Matthewson, 292 Mulberry street, $4,000; A J. Schneider, 378 Breckenndge street, $6,500; Anton Emhof, 831 East Eagle street, $7,500, ..\Iar) ..\1 Hall, 138 £1111- Made by Northern Furmture Co., Sheboygan, WI8 wood avenue, $4,000; Mrs Samuel Truesdale, 192 Locust street, $4,000; St John Baptist church, 60 Herrel street (par-sonage), $12,000; William C. Nixon, 928 Lafayette street, $4,400. Philadelphia-D. W. O'Dea, 808 Manine street, $7,000; W. R. Dougherty, 1209 Monument avenue, $4,750; Morris BraunsteIn, 916 Second street, $4,500; William 'vV.Larton, Jr, 520 Ellsworth street, $12,000; Roy Robinson, Eleventh and Chelten avenue, $4,000; Maurice Sessler, 1228 Chestnut street, $7,500; Louis Stecher, 405 Market street, $7,500; Mrs M. Wal-lett, 1834 Wallace street, $5,000. Chicago-J. M. Schoenleben, 2112 'vVaveland avenue, $3,500; Charles Tow, 1714 West Van Buren street, $4,000; F. N. Nathan, 6026 Ridge avenue, $10,000; Andrew Manesen, 1231Eddy street, $5,000; John A.Chapman, 6817 Jeffery street, $10,000; Marvin Carting, 1106Kedzie avenue, $5,500; Matthew Mazzone, 600 Forquer street, $9,000. Detroit-Mary Gleich, 414 Biddle street, $3,800; l' J Hul-born, Cameron and Hague streets, $4,500; A. D. Rosen, Can-field street and Woodward avenue, $10,000; J. Henry Dorr, brook place, $2,500; Mary A. Ratcliff, Wellston Grove, $3,000; Adam C. Mahaffy, Fruit Hill, Welston, $5,000. Denver, Cola -A. R McKelVIe, Ogden and Third avenue, $3,500; Mrs. W. Bruehne, Platte and Eighth streets, $4,000; Mrs Hulda Boatz, South Washington and Alameda streets, $3,500 Atlanta, Ga.-J. O. Moore, 113 Capitol avenue, $4,000; Mrs. J. W. Nelms, 11 Gordon street, $3,000; Joseph M. Walker, 149-51 Fair street, $15,000; Mrs. MIttie M. Robinson, 73 East Fair street, $5,000; T. E. Adams, 169 East Baker street, $4,200. Beatrice, Nebr.-Thomas Stubbs, Fourth and High streets, $4,000; Mrs Susie Graff, 507 North Sixth street, $3,000. Los Angeles, Cal-Mrs. Marie Jacobson, 220 West Forty-eighth street, $3,500; A. 1. Shapiro, 1412 West First stf(~et, $4,500; Mrs. L. J. Ling, 762 Hartford avenue, $3,000; Mrs. Clara M Reimers, 267 Kingsley drive, $4,000; Mrs. Pearl V. Mmes, 2914 WIlshire boulevard, $5,000. Little Rock, Ark -D. S. Bratton, 2700 Chester street, $3,000; B. B. Wilson, 3510 West Eleventh street, $3,000. Portland, Ore -Mrs. Emma Williams, Seventh and Clay WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 streets, $5,000; T. G Anderson, East Forty-fifth and Hancock streets, $15,000; C. L. Tomllllson, East Fourteenth streets, $8,000; J. B. Kramer, 1218 East Eighteenth street, $3,000. Clllcinnatl, 0 -Mary Tapke, Glendora avenue and Nixon streets, $7,000; John Stnethmann, 418 Glendora avenue, $5,000, J J. Vogelpohl, 456 Hamilton street, $4,000; \VIlbam Great-orex, Victor street and Paxton road, $3,500; E W. Hayward, Madison and Bedford avenues, $5,000; W. O. Cordes, Madi-son and Observatory avenues, $7,000. Kansas City, Mo.-S. L. Lewis, 3537 Campbell street, $6,000; J. A Carney, 1004 Cambndge street, $5,000; E. 0 Bragg, 3719 Gillham road, $12,000; R. A. PIlcher, 3912 Broad-way, $4,000; F. N. Welsburger, 3416 Wallrond street, $3,750; ClIff Langsdale, 5416 Malll street, $5,500; J. A. Young, 820 Houston street, $3,000. Lancaster, Pa.-Henry Slaugh, 50 South Ann street, $3,500; H. G. Long, 156 \Vest Walnut street, $5,000; John Burge, Mary and FIlbert streets, $4,500. Toronto, Ont -W. S. Meredith, 926 Glendale avenue, $6,000; M. H. Pringle, 130 St. Helen's avenue, $5,500; Dr. K. Peaker,8 Laxton avenue, $5,500; H. O'Hara, 608 Elm avenue, $9,000; J. M. Walker, Sunnyside, $12,000; WIlbam Harwood, Shaw and Yarmouth streets, $6,000. Peona, Ill-D. VV. Gaul, 410 Barker avenue, $3,500; An-gus Ward, 208 Cooper street, $3,750, J. W. Houbhan. 400 Warren street, $3,000; F. F. Kneer, 137 Cooper street, $4,000 Milwaukee, Wis -Walter H. Bender, Grand avenue and FIfty-seventh street, $7,000; E H. Moser, Summit avenue and Kenilworth place, $8,000. Spokane, vVash.-E. C. Kratz, E 3807 Second avenue, $3,000; E. H. Thompson, 04118 Walnut street, $3,000; Mrs E. E. Bush, 1418 Glass avenue, $3,500. Miscellaneous Buildings-Stokes Brothers are building a $30,000 "play house" on the corner of \i\! ayne avenue and Logan street, PhIladelphia. The South Side Baptists of Birm-ingham, Ala, are buIlding a $75,000 church. The CatholIcs of St Clemens' parish, Duluth, Minn, are building a $45,000 church The Catholic bishop of Chicago IS erecting a $75,000 school buildlllg at 7649 South Carpenter street. The First German Methodist church of Los Angeles, Cal, is erecting a church to cost $45,000. Rochester, N. Y, is building a city hospital at a cost of $125,000. Veneers vs. Solid Goods Discussed. From the Daily Artisan of July 12, 1895: "One of the so-journing manufacturers who, all through the hard times of recent years has kept his factory running full time, a man whose opin-ion is valuable because he has been successful, discussed the 'trouble' with the furniture manufacturing industry last night as follows: 'The use of veneers has created havoc in the furni-ture manufacturing industry. The veneering of furniture is a very costly process-far more so than the average manufacturer has any idea of. In most factories it is figured that it costs eight cents a square foot to buy and lay veneers. Thirty cents would be nearer the figure. There is a very large waste in cutting veneers and It ISa good deal more difficult to lay them so they Will stay, than many imagine. I know what I am talking about. I have figured the cost a good deal, and convinced myself that to make veneered furniture would be too expensive for me. My shop is as able to do the work as any. We have been content to produce solid goods, while all around us there are failures as the results of trials to make veneered furniture. Why, the return of damaged veneered goods alone is more expensive than the Made by S Karpen & BrOB, Chicago, Ill. average manufacturer can withstand. Such goods require very careful handlmg, and mJury often results in spite of the best of care. When a piece of veneer starts it can never be laid again. A new piece must be supplIed. Too many veneers is the cause of the trouble in the furniture business." English Styles for the Living Room. When It comes to furnishing the living room of a home. the EnglIsh models of furllltuife seem, taken altogether, to be the most satisfying. This furniture has such a comfort-able, homey look. Not only that; it is most comfortable. The big, deep, easy chairs, often with arm supports and place to lay down a book one has just been reading, supports for the feet, the open fireplace. and most of all, the subdued coloring in many soft shades of green and dull blues. These are some of the things which go to make up the comfort of an Engbsh home. .-.. -.-.-- -.--.-_- -.-_- ._._._---------------_._---------------------..--.-.-.--. -.-_ -.-., THE LYON FURNITURE AGENCY CREDITS AND COLLECTIONS ROBERT P LYON. Ceneral Manager ....... OF THE THE SPECIAL CREDIT BUREAU FURNITURE, CARPET, UPHOLSTERY, UNDERTAKING, PICTURE FRAME. MIRROR VENEER, WOOD, CABINET HARDWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHINC TRADES. New York Grand Rapids Philadelphia 80ston Cincinnati Chicago 5t Louis Jamestown High Point Capital, Credl! and Pay Rahnts. ClearInt House of Trade Experience. The Most Rehable Credit Reports. RAPID COLLECTIONS. IMPROVED METHODS WE ALSO REPOf':TTHE PRINCIPAL DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT AND GE:NERAL STORES. GRAND RAPlDSOFFICE.412-413 HOUSEMAN BUILDING C. C NEVERS, Michigan Manager .. '--- -- -- 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN WELL That's it; why shouldn't we make better stains than the average manufacturer? We've been at it long enough, goodness knows, to know how to get goodness into our stains. We have the facilities, resources, amhition, energy. We have the good will of a large and loyal patronage to preserve. L\nd how did we get that good will, but by making good with our stains? We have been making good becauu we have heen mak-ing good stains. Because we are distinctively stain manu-facturers--- have specialized on stains from the beginning of our business. Ask us about any effect you want to produce and let us send you a sample panel. You will save time by addressing desk NO.3. SHOULDN'T MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO. Not a Cross Word in a Barrel of It. Major W. B Trumbo of the Trumbo Furniture com-pany, LouiSVille, is a generous, large minded and Jolly native of Kentucky. He has an abidmg faith m hiS state. her products and her lllstitutlOns Major Trumbo IS able to convince the skeptical that horses and cattle supenor in quality to those bred in the blue grass reglOn do not ex-ist; that for beauty, wit, courage, punty of character, loyalty to lover, children or husband, the women of Ken-tucky occupy a place so high that the unfortunate women of other nations despair of ever reaching it, and when the liquid product of the corn or rye fields are considered, no state over which the starry emblem proclaims the freedom of our people should be considered as rivaling in excellence the bourbon and the rye distilled in Kentucky. Do you call for more information about the major? A.h, yes. Once upon a time, (it may have been ten years ago), when Major Trumbo, then as now, gladdened the hearts of the peddlers of furniture assembled in Grand Rapids, by appearing upon the scene of trade and levity, he repeated his usual expression of generosity and kindly interest by pre-senting to quite a number of preferred friends, quart bottles of the liquid that not only cheers, but when pursued too closely, inebriates. A young friend of the major, cbsely embracing a package of the liquid treasure, wending his way to his apartments, describing the tortuous growth of a grape vine in his passage over the sidewalks, met a large broguey son of the Emerald isle, arrayed in the liabiliments and armed with the authority of a policeman. "Phat the divi! have you there?" the official demanded. "Jes a lit-(hic) tIe extract of 01' Ken-Ken (hie) tucky," the weary one replied. "Let me see it, ye spalpeen," officialdom commanded. The bottle was produced, and the man of clubs inspected it minutely. WHY WE - ?• The temptation was not to be resisted, and when the cork was removed and the son of old Ireland claimed one half of the contents, he remarked, as he wiped his mouth, "There is not a cross word in a barrel of it." Major Trumbo greatly appreciates this tribute to the excellence of Kentucky's chief procuct, and when he hands over a bottle of the distillation of 1885 to a friend. it is always accompanied with the assur-ance that there is "not a cross word in a ba.rrel of it." Michigan Chair Company's New Offices. The Michigan Chair company, are just getting into their new offices They have for some time been torn up pending the alteratlOns. The results however are certainly very hand-some The outside dimensions of the offices measure about 118 by some forty odd feet. Leading from the general re-ception room IS a sort of long hall which divides the indi- Vidual offices from the filing room, cloak rooms, and vault rooms. The partitions as well as all desks and chairs are in solid mahoga;ny with the exception of the designer's room which is fitted up in the company's own 'shade of cathedral oak. In addition to affording a private office for each officer of the company and designer, there is a large reception room reserved for the company's salesmen and their customers. The company's dining room remains on the top floor in con-nection with the exhibition. It Pays to Advertise. "Jake" Davidson, buyer for Davidson Brothers, lost a diamond out of his watch fob in Chicago. He came to Grand Rapids and his wife advertised for it in the Tribune, offering a reward The next day the diamond was returned and the man who found it and brought it to his wife absolutely re-fused to take anything as a reward. WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 TWICE TOLD TALES. What You Read in the Daily Michigan Artisan on January 10, 1895. J. A. Roper, of the Roper FurnitUl e company 1S In the city. Secretary Kelsey of the Elmira Table company is a late arrival. J. H. Hardebeck has been appointed receiver for Demme & Dierkes, in Chicago. L. G. Waldron is one of the living pictures on exhibition at the Pythian Temple. The Paine Furniture company of Boston has taken out articles of incorporation George L. Keeler, a manufacturer of furmture trimmingll in Middlev1lle, is in the city. Vlncent A. Taylor. of the Taylor Cha1r company, Bed-ford. 0.. is here to meet the buyers. A mwnufacturer of fancy furniture stated yesterday that a fine desk wh1ch he sells for $65.00 contains lumber that cost but one dollar. Senator Barnard is the author of an amendment to the state constttution to prohibit the employment of prisoners confined in the penitentiaries of the state of Michigan under contract. One of the clever souvenirs is distributed by L. D El-dredge of the Morgan Manufacturing company, Jamestown, N. Y. It is solid mahogany cane, with silver ferrule, upon which is engraved the name of the company. Late arrivals of buyers: R W Bowden, Brookfield, Mo , W. L Elder, Indianapolis; John A. Thompson. Chicago, Robert Donovan, Charlotte, M1ch ; Dav1d Pringle, DetrOlt; J M. Sweeney, Geneseo, III ; E Kahn, London, Eng.; W. A Brooks, Chicago, C H Badger, Indlanapohs; Edward and Robert Henshaw. C111c111natl, S. H. Collin'>, Indlanapohs; George C. Dow, Buffalo; H P. Frear, Rochester; T N Newell, Des M0111es; WJ1liam Gyger. PhJ1adelphia anJ E F Metzger, Detroit Klingman's Menu. Klingman's menu is elaborate (Article" in parenthesis are out of stock) (Raw Oysters) (Ox Tail Soup) (Mock Turtle Soup) (Cucumbers) (Sliced Tomatoes) (Celery) (Boiled Mackinaw Trout) Beef Tongue, Smoked Hot Frankforts, Corned Beef, Boiled Ham, Cold Roa"t Beef. Sardines, Smoked Sausage Dried Beef, Wheat Bread, Brown Bread, Vanilla Wafers, Pickles, Chow Chow, Ketchup, Horse Radish, Salt, Black Pepper. Red Pepper. (Mummy's Dry) (Veuve Cliquot) (Moet Chandon's White Seal) (Cook's Imperial) (Hunyadl Water) Belfa-:;t, Ginger Ale, Congress Water, Toledo Beer, C1der, PUlltan Rye, Oscar Pepper Rye, Sprudel Water (Cigarettes) C1gars. No wines or liquors can be carried away in bottles Guests are expected to drink discreetly A charge wlll be made for lunches carned out to my competitors "Th1s year wlll see the windUp of the use of marqueterie," remarked C F. Rett111g, of Retting & Sweet "There is noth-ing nicer than marqueterie when properly laid, but 1t has been used too much and without appreciation of its lim1tations Men who are untrained in the application of ornament put marqueterie on everything. Something must be adopted to take its place. It was the same with the Empire stuff. The first that wa" made had hand forged bras'S ornaments, very handsome Then the cheap works turned out stuff that woul,! tarnish before 1t reached the deaJers' floors" Mr. Manning Wants to Know. C \\ MANNING 66 Broad St New York C1ty June 3, 1910 Carner Lumbe1 and Manufacturing Co, Sardis, MISS Gentlemen - \Ve note your CIrcular letter of the 31st Kindly ad\ l'Se what make of kiln you are using and if it is drylllg gum 111good shape so 1t V\ ill come out straight I wJ11 Made by Luce Furniture Go , Grand Rapids. MlCh be much l11tere"ted 111 dn} (Juc \\ ho Ldn ft1lm"h bIn dned gum 1,1 propel shape C IV MA~NING ~ee the 1eply of the Caillel Lumber and Manufactunng Lompany 111the Grand Rapid" Veneel 1\ 01ks "ad" on anothel page of th1" Issue of the 1\ eekl) \1 than Will Work for Himself. J. M. Goldsmith, who started hls career 1n the fnrniture trade several years ago w1th Schlesinger & Mayer, was later connected With H 111m an's of ChlCago and the Jones Dry Goods company of Kansas CIty, and for the past two years has been \myer of fur111tnre. carpets and curtains for the Herzfeld-Philhp-son company (Boston store) of Mllwaukee, 1S prepanng to start in business for h1mself. He will v1sit the markets soon for the purpose of 111troducing his successor 111the Milwaukee house- o M. White, who has been with the Hardy company of Lmcoln, Nebr., for some time The sale'Sman VI ho reheves hls boss of cares and warnes when he can has a pretty strong hold on his job. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN He Found Out. "I have often thought," said the lawyer, "that if I could glean information as easily and qUlckly as a hotel clerk can I would soon have enough money to buy an aeroplane in-stead of having to poke about in a slx-cylmder automobIle A few days ago I sat 111 the office of a hotel m a small town and noticed the ease wIth which the hotel clerk ex-tracted information from the guests as they regi;;tered " A well-dressed man past mIddle age walked up to the register and took the pen from the potato in \'>hlch It had been sticking As the clerk whIrled the register around to him the stranger laId himself liable. "'Do you know a man named Phlhp Doddndge 111thIs town?' the stranger a;;ked "'Sure,' rephed the clerk 'He hves 1\ est of hel e about fifteen blocks Owe you anyth111g?' "'No, he doesn't owe me anything,' rephed the stranger, a little stiffly. '" I didn't know but he did He broke up here recentl), but it was an honest falling, I guess Relatn e of )'ours ~ "'Mr. Doddridge IS my nephew,' rephed the stran2;er "'Lives in Philadelphia, makes mattresses there-mat-tresses to sleep on,' saId the clerk. 'How could he help it?' "The dnver went out to meet No 12 and a resident of the to\'>n lounged 111 The clerk met him and they sat down together "'Phil's going to pay up and open up again,' he con-fided " 'Is he?' exclaimed the resident. 'Then I'll get my money How'd you hear It? How can he pay up?' "'RIch uncle's here to fix it for him', said the clerk. leading the Ivay to the hotel register and pointing out the name of Calkms of Philadelphia then and there reposing in room No 14 'Told me all about it. Going to pay dollar for dollar and put Phil on hIS feet again right away. Said he raIsed Phil and thlllks as much of him as an own child.' "Before gomg away the next morning I learned that Mr. Calkm.:> had come from Phl1adelphia for the purpose of again estabhshing hIS nephew in busmess after paying off his in-debtedness The hotel clerk mIght have bought $10,000 \\ orth of Doddndge's note;; that night for 10 cents on the dollar, but he thre\\ away the information and the opportun- Made by Lentz Table Co Nashville, Mlch " 'That ;;o? You ha\ cn't seen hIm for a long hme, have you? You're from PhIladelphIa, I see \Vhat busmess are you in there?' '" I manufacture mattresses,' rephed the strangel '::\1at-tresses for beds' "'That's a good buslllcss-mPhdadelphw You ought to have a good trade nght there at home Car stllke mterfere with you much?' "The dignified shanger slgl11fied that he would retIre and a boy led the way to hIS room The bus dnver came up '" Who's the fat guy that came 111on No 11?' he asked "The hotel clerk shuffled the keys on the rack and did not make a reply. He wanted to Impart the lllformatlOn m his own way. "'Did you hear about Phd Doddndge?' he asked "'No,' said the driver. 'What'.:> he done now? Gone broke some more, has he?' "'Struck it rich,' replied the hotel clerk "That man I Just sent up to No 14 is his rich uncle HIS name's Calkins Lives in PhiladelphIa. Got all kinds of money and came out to set Phil up in business again.' "'How d'ye know he's rich? asked the dnver. 'Did he tell you?' Ity. \Vhen I looked hun over m dayhght I could see 1!'nat the dIamond he wore Y\ dS paste" Had Faith in the Tag. It IS a 11l)stel) how some people can remain m business, knO\\lllg as httle as they do about the detaIls of their business. A \\ ell known manufacturer m the market told a story the other day about a furniture dealer, a fnend of hIS who absolu-tely knows nothmg about the business. The manufacturer was m the store I ecen tly and saw a tag on a chaIr marked maholSany "\Vhat IS that chaIr?" asked the manufacturer "Mahogany," said the dealer "How do you know?" was asked. "Because the tag says so" "Is that the only way you know?" "Yes, SIr; the fact is I never can tell mahogany from bIrch," and I et he IS a dealer in a good SIzed town and evi-dent]) IS makmg mane) When a man gets mto a hole he IS alwayo, surpnsed to find how deep it 1S. WEEKLY AR.TISAN 27 Gratitude Earned and Expressed. A prominent buyer sojourning in Grand Rapids related an ex-penence and uttered an e'xpres"lOn of gratitude a few days ago that deeply affected his hearers "When stIll a poor boy, without relatIves or fnends, I entered the employ of the Southern Furmture company of Atlanta as a salesman Presi-dent N ewalt knew but little of my past or my circumstances, but gave me a trial without a great deal of confidence in my ability to win success I had been at work but a few day" when I was stricken with typhoid fever. With but limited means and the prospect of losing employment, my future looked gloomy and put me into a condition of mind that threatened to hasten the progress of the disease to the end that seemed imminent During a moment of despondency Made by Modern Parlor Furmture Co • Chicago. III Oscar Pappenhelm, the secretaly of the Southern Furniture company entered my room and proceeded to prepare me for removal to a hospital Once within the walls of the insti-tution, I was given a large and pleasant room, and the best medical skill, and trained nurses were called to attend. Every day during the several weeks of my struggle for life that fol-lowed, Mr. Pappenheim visited me, often dunng the critical penod calling m the mornmg and evening to learn of my condition. He brought me flowers and such httle delicacies as my conditIOn would allow me to eat, and when I grew stronger and entered the period of convalescence, good things from his own table were supplied. Mr Pappenheim assumed full Iesponsibility for the expense of my care and when I was able to leave the hospital I was informed that all bills had been paid. I owe my life to the kindness and generosity of Mr Pappenheim" Blood is thicker than water and the milk of human kind-ness often makes Its presence known unexpectedly Mr. Pappenheim's beneficiary acknowledges a debt of grati-' tude he can never fully repay. Personals Copied From the Daily Artisan of July 5. 1895. "Jack" Neather arrived today. Elias Matter of the Saginaw Furniture company is in town W. A. Wagner of Pooley Brothers, Philadelphia. arrived on July 3. . C. L Keller, of the Cutler Desk company was an early arrival this season. P. H Hinman will cover the territory west of Rochester for Retting & Sweet, hereafter Louis Herbert of the Phoemx Furniture company, Cov-ington. Ky, arrived on July 2 Ed. J Morley drew a tram load of empty cars into town. He will send them out loaded. A. P Knapp and Charles E. Zerfass. representatives of Retting & Sweet, have arrived George B Stoddard, M L Nelson and Fred D. Hills, have arrived at the hotel Morton Leo H. Laley of New York, has arrived in Grand Rapids, to meet his partner, F F Daggett o BRow lette of the Rowlette Desk company, Rich-mond, Ind, is a late arrival at the Livingston. J W. Wheelock of the Nelson-Matter Furniture com-pany arrived at the Morton on June 4. Senator George R Emrick of the Louisville Chair com-pany registered at the Livingston yesterday. Fred Moore (accompanied by his Wife) arrived on July 1, to represent the Stickley & Brandt Chair company. Ralph Rogers of the L W Ott Manufacturing company, is one of the physical ornaments of the Pythian Temple. Walter S. Brackett, With A B. and E., L. Shaw, of Bos-ton, arrived on July 2. This is his second visit to Grand Rapids. Fred W. Powers, formerly of the Widdicomb Furniture company and later with the Muskegon Valley Furniture com-pany, will represent Skinner & Steenman, east of Buffalo. hereafter. Samuel R Waite of BaltImore, who is associated with John Turnbull, the dealer in carpets, who is adding furniture has arrived m company with M L Etchison, who has been engaged to manage the furmture department. ...------------_._._------------_._----------------- -----~ OFFiCES: CINCINNATI--Secolld National Bank Building. NEW YORK--346 Broadway. BOSTON--18 Tremont St. CHICAGe--14th St. aad Wabash Av•• GRAND RAPIDS--Houseman Bids. JAMESTOWN. N. Y.--Chadakoln Bid•• HIGH POINT. N. C.--N. C. Savh,g. Bank Bldg. The most satisfactory and up-to-date Credit Service embracing the FURNITURE, CARPET, HARDWARE and ALLIED TRADES. The most accurate and reliable Rererence Sook Published. Originators or the "Tracer and Clearing House System'" rII I,,f ,• ,,• REPORTS. -~-~~-----~-~-~~------------~-- -- ._--- COLLECTIONS. EVERYWHERE II , .. Minnesota Retail Dealers" Furniture Association 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN OFFICERS-President, J R. Taylor, Lake Benton, Mmn , VIce PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mlnn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mlnn ,Secretary, W L. Grapp, JanesvIlle, Mmn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-Chalflnan, Geo Klein, Mankato, MinD., 0 SImons, Glencoe, Mlnn, W. L Harns, Minneapolis, Mmn , C. Dalllelson, Cannon Falls. BULLETIN No. 156. Proposed Legislation. Followll1g are copIes of blll~ that ,\ III be ll1trodl1ced ctt the next seS"lOn of the :'Imnesota legIslature The) ha' e been examined, studIed and reVIsed by attorneys for the federated trade orgamzatlOns ot the state and the member~ of "uch orgamzatlOns are expected to use theIr ll1fluence to ll1cluce the members of the legl::,latUl e to gl\ e them faIr consldera Hon A BILL FOR AN ACT TO LICENSE THE OCCUPATION OF HAWKERS, PEDDLERS, AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS AND DEFINING SAID OCCUPATION. SectlOn 1 E, er) person travelIng trom hou.,e to house 1\ 'r the purpose of offenng fOl "ale an} artIcle ot merchandl.,e I" hereby declared to be a haV\ her and peddler ~nd e, ef} firm person, corporatIOn or copartnel shIp, exposIng and offenng tor "ale at retal! In any CIty, VIllage, adjacent to such Cltv or 'Illage or in any quarter of the state a stock of goods. \\ ares dnd merchandIse is hereby declared to be a transIent merchant un less the carrymg on and mamtai111ng of such bUSIness 1ll .,alel Clty, village, adjacent thereto or 1ll an} quarter of the state IS III pursuance of an intention to mallltalll and carn on the ~ame permanently and whenevel It appear" that an} such "'-tock ot goods, wares and merchandise has been blOlH;ht to an, Clt \ vIllage, adjacent to salel Clty or 'Illage Cll 1ll an) quarter of the "tate by a person not a reSIdent there111 and that It I" claImed that such "tock IS to be closed out at reduced pnce" .,uch fact" "hall be presumptive eVIdence that the person so offenng said goods for sale doe" not intend to ma111taln a permanent loca-tion 1ll said city, VIllage, adjacent thereto or 111any quarter of the state. Se'ction 2. No person shall engage 1ll or follow the busi-ness or occupation of a hawker or peddler until he shall have obtained a license from the state of Minnesota so to do, and for such license shall pay into the treasury of the State of ~'11llnesota an annual license fee as follo\\ s \ Yhere he "hall use in such business or occupation a wagon or other vehicle drawn by two or more horses or other beast" of burden or automobile or other vehicle of conveyance propelled by anv mechanical power, the sum of twenty-five dollar", \\ here he shall use 1ll such bus111ess or occupation a wagon or other ,ehlcle drawn by one horse or other beasts of burden. the sum of fifteen dollars, where he shall use in such busmess or occupa-tion a push or hand cart, bic, ele or other vehicle not draV\ n by horses, or by other beasts of burden, or propelled by any mechanical power, the "um of ten dollars and where he "hall conduct such business on foot by mean" of pack ba"ket 01 other kind of carrying merchandise on foot, the wm of seven dollars Section 3 The application for a license as hawker or peddler shall be made in writlllg to the state auditor on blank" to be furnished by him and upon warrant of the state auditor the applicant shall pay the lIcel1'3e fee required to the state treasurer who shall issue to the applicant his receipt therefofL and upon the filing or such receipts with the secretarj of state that officer 'ohall Issue to the applicant a license to engage 111 "uch occupation 111the manner descnbed III such receIpt fOI the penod of one year from the date of such license. SectIOn 4 ~ 0 person, firm, corporatIOn or co-partnershIp .,hall engag e 111or follow the bus1l1ess of a transient merchant d" here1l1before defined at any place in thiS state without first ubta1l1111g a !lcen"e m the State of Mlllnesota, III the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars SectIOn j No person, co-partnership, firm or corporatIOn "hall carn on the busmess of transient merchant 1ll more than one place 111thiS state at the same tIme SectlOl1 6 N othlllg m this act contained shall be COI1- "trned a" prohlbltlllg or 111any way limIting or interfenng wt~ll the nght to any city, village or other municipal corporatlOl' or government sub-dIviSIOn of the state to regulate or !lcen"e the carrY1l1g on wlthm such mUnICIpality of the business "f hawker or peddler or tran'>lent merchant 111any case V\hel e authont} has been or shall hereafter be conferred upon It ", ,0 do hut the reqUIrement-. of thiS act '>hall be m addltlOh thereto Section 'I ~ny license Is'>ued pursuant to the terms of tl11'; act may be re, oked by the Secretary of State upon the com Ictlon of an} person to whom the same was Issued, of any fal"e or fraudulent representation or misrepresentatIOn in the '-ale of an) goods. \\ ares, or merchandise or upon conVIction of such person of any adulterated food, drink, or drug, or the ale ut an \ food deletenous to health, and the filmg WIth the Secretary of State of a certified copy of the final judgment of any court 111which any person may have been tried showing hi" conVictIOn of such offense shall be sufficient authority for the I e\ ocatlon of such license Section 8 Every person and each member of any firm or co-partnership and each officer of any corporation engaged in or follo\\ 111g the busllless of hawker, peddler or transIent merchant m thIS state WIthout having first obtained a license CIS herelllbefore provided shall be deemed gUIlty of a mlS demeanor Section 9 The proVISIOn<; of this act shall not appl} to per'ions engaged 111mterstate or foreign commerce, nor to the sale of artIcles which at the time of such sale are subjects of nter"tate or foreIgn commerce nor to the salesmen of whole- "ale merchants or manufacturers m sellmg to retail merchant'- 'lor to the so!lCltatlOn by permanent merchants or their em-plO\ es of orders from cu"tomers, nor to any sale made b} Ylrtue of any Judgment, order or process of any court or upon the foreclosure of any mortgage or persuant to any law of thi" "tate or the Ul11ted States or m the enforcement of any lontI act weIght 01 !len, nor to the sale by any indl\ Idual of 311) article grown by him Section 10 Thi" act shall take effect and be in force 110m and after its passage PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE PRESENT GARNISHMENT LAW. I hat 'oub-dl\ 1'ilOn 16 of ~ectlOn 4317 of the reVIsed laws of 1fJO; be amen

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